Sharing knowhow and joining forces towards Health for All

Medicus Mundi International is a Network of organisations working in the field of international health cooperation and advocacy.

The electronic platform of Medicus Mundi International provides you with access to the members, key topics, programs, events, news and resources of our Network. We share knowhow and join forces towards Health for All. You are welcome to join in! Latest additions:

Event
global health policy
Network: MMI

WHO financing and governance: Democratic pathways for a sustainable leadership in global health

Geneva, Palais des Nations, Wednesday, 23 May 2012, 17.30 -19.30, room IX (9), Briefing for delegates and other members of the public health community attending the 65th World Health Assembly ... »Read more

Event
Network: MMI

Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network

Geneva, 25 May 2012. As usually, the Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network will take place in the week of the World Health Assembly . We will meet at the Ecumenical Institute ... »Read more

Event
networking and cooperation

The role of NGOs in national health systems and global health policy. Workshop at the People's Health Assembly

Cape Town, 6-11 July 2012. The People’s Health Assembly ( PHA ) is a global event bringing together health activists from across the world to share experiences, analyse the global health ... »Read more

News
Network: MMI

MMI Network News, May 2012

Rights related to maternal health - action required (editorial); MMI Annual Report 2011 - Members first! MMI Network news: Sharing knowhow and joining forces towards Health for All; Global health: ... »Read more

Campaign/Advocacy
equal access
Network: MMI

Civil Society call for action on universal health coverage

Healthcare around the World is unaffordable for millions of people. However, states are responsible for delivering universal access to health systems according to their legal commitments to the ... »Read more

Campaign/Advocacy
global health policy
Wemos

Health Unlimited

'Health Unlimited' is the initiative to make Dutch health care more sustainable, for our own sake and for the sake of people in far-off countries. The 'Health Unlimited' initiative was developed ... »Read more

Reporting
Network: MMI

Annual Report 2011 of the MMI Network

Network reports “We will focus joint ventures on issues related to health systems strengthening” Message from Nick Lorenz, President Strategy implementation and program updates Network ... »Read more

Article
child health
action medeor

The risk of birth

Due to the shortage of funds, developing countries are often forced to decide whether to invest into the training of medical midwives or the instruction of traditional birth attendants. The ... »Read more

Article
close-to-client care
Doctors with Africa

Mothers and children first

Once upon a time there was Ayen, a 22-year-old woman who had been married for about two years. She had already had three pregnancies: the first had ended in miscarriage; the second was ... »Read more

Conference Report
diseases control
MM Switzerland

Advocacy and HIV

Berne, 17 April 2012. Support groups of people living with HIV turn more and more into advocacy groups to stand up for their interests and rights. The Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) in South ... »Read more

Conference Report
faith based services
Africa CHA Platform

Supporting African faith-based organizations to develop health workforce advocacy messages

Nairobi, 16-18 April 2012. Faith-based organizations (FBOs) provide 30% to 70% of health services in African countries and often serve remote and rural areas that have difficulty attracting and ... »Read more

Marketplace
networking and cooperation
Swiss TPH

Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute: SCIH Services

"Based on our technical and managerial expertise in health sector reform and systems development, and our extensive field work experience, the Swiss Centre for International Health (SCIH) at the ... »Read more

Marketplace
networking and cooperation
AGEH

Looking for qualified experts? AGEH can help

For successful and sustainable project work, it is important to find qualified personnel who are suitable for your organisation and who have the necessary professional and personal skills. No mean ... »Read more

Resource/Tool
Doctors with Africa

Health and Development

The English version of DWA Cuamm 's journal "Health and Development", issue no. 62, December 2011, is available now online. Contents include: Mothers and children first (Rev. Dante Carraro); ... »Read more

Resource/Tool
management and capacities
i+solutions

Medicines procurement and supply management toolbox

The procurement and supply management (PSM) toolbox project was initiated by the World Health Organization AIDS Medicines & Diagnostics Services (WHO/AMDS) in 2006. The goal is to disseminate ... »Read more

Resource/Tool
Network: MMI

Thematic Guide: Civil society and global health

How can the civil society raise its voice and get involved in global health policy? What does good governance for health - on a national and global level - mean to us? Our thematic guide to ... »Read more

Project
maternal health
Cordaid

MDG5 Meshwork for Improving Maternal Health

Cordaid is a partner of the MDG5 Meshwork for Improving Maternal Health, a cross-sector, cross-disciplinary network of over thirty organizations based in Afghanistan, Sierra Leone and The ... »Read more

Project
networking and cooperation
MM Switzerland

Swiss platform HIV/AIDS and development

aidsfocus.ch, the Swiss platform HIV/AIDS and development, is a project organized by Medicus Mundi Switzerland which, so far, 30 Swiss organizations are supporting financially. The platform aims ... »Read more

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