MMI Network: Conference Reports and Documentations
MMI Network members are invited to publish their conference reports and documentations on the MMI ePlatform. Upcoming conferences are announced on the "events" page.
Conference Report
diseases control
MM Switzerland
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
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Conference Report
faith based services
Africa CHA Platform
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
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Conference Report
research
Network: MMI
Basel, 16 March 2012. The Board meeting of the Medicus Mundi International Network hosted by the Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute included a re-launching event of a wider MMI research
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Conference Report
information
MM Switzerland
Basel, 2 December 2011. This year, the topic of the annual symposium of the Novartis Foundation for Sustainable Development was: “New media: drivers of democratization and development?” The
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Conference Report
equal access
MM Switzerland
Geneva, 23 November 2011. To mark the tenth anniversary of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health, this two-day symposium took stock of key achievements since Doha,
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Conference Report
equal access
MM Switzerland
Basel, 8 November 2011. Health is a human right: too often forgotten, this is the central issue of international health policy and health cooperation. And yet millions of people die each year in
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Conference Report
child health
Network: MMI
Brescia, Italy, 27-28 October 2011. The Medicus Mundi International Network appreciated very much the kind
invitation by Medicus Mundi Italy to hold its Network meeting in
Brescia. The related
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Conference Report
human resources
Wemos
Madrid, 17 June 2011. The seminar discussed the implementation of the WHO Code of Conduct on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel. It is organised by the General Directorate for
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Conference Report
Network: MMI
Geneva, 19 May 2011. As in the previous years, the Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network took place in the week of the World Health Assembly . Meeting in Chavannes-de-Bogis,
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Conference Report
diseases control
MM Switzerland
Bern, Switzerland, 7 April 2011. "A young girl might want to prevent a pregnancy and protect herself from HIV. A woman living with HIV might be pregnant and at risk of dying during childbirth, she
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Conference Report
equal access
Swiss TPH
Basel, Switzerland, 5 April 2011. Invited speakers and experts from international organizations, partner countries and the Swiss TPH presented experiences and discuss options and strategies for
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Conference Report
health sector integration
Africa CHA Platform
Accra, 21-24 February 2011. The 5th Biennial Africa CHAs Conference was hosted by
the Christian Health Association of Ghana (CHAG) in collaboration with the secretariat of the
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Conference Report
global health policy
Network: MMI
Bangkok, Thailand, 25-29 January, 2011.
At the second global forum on human resources for health the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) presented its progress report on the Kampala
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Conference Report
research
Network: MMI
Antwerp, 11 November 2010. At this workshop, NGOs working in the field of international health cooperation and research institutions discussed past and ongoing cases of research partnerships,
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Conference Report
health promotion
MM Switzerland
Basel, 9 November 2010. The developing countries are faced with a crisis on two fronts: food prices skyrocketed in 2007/2008 and the food situation has deteriorated once more as a result of the
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Conference Report
Network: MMI
Amsterdam, 5 November 2010, MMI Network meeting as a starting point for the implementation of our Network Strategy 2011-2015 . The meeting hosted by our Dutch member Wemos was a full day event:
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Conference Report
global health policy
Network: MMI
Geneva, 21 May 2010. The agenda of this year's World Health Assembly
included, among other items, the implementation of the International
Health Regulations (2005); the global strategy and
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Conference Report
Network: MMI
Geneva, 20 May 2010. As in the previous years, the Annual Assembly of the Medicus Mundi International Network took place in Château de Bossey near Geneva. This year's General Assembly was a
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Conference Report
global health policy
Network: MMI
Geneva, 18 May 2010, Side event to the World Health Assembly. "This event explores the role of various stakeholders in promoting and monitoring compliance with the proposed Code due to be adopted
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Conference Report
global health policy
Cordaid
Geneva, 14-15 May 2010. Representatives of a range of civil society organizations working in health met over two days in Geneva to review current structures of global health governance; consider
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Conference Report
diseases control
MM Switzerland
Bern, 14 April 2010. The global economic crisis that has induced cutbacks in the spending of Government and international donors also threatens efforts for an effective response to HIV and AIDS.
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Conference Report
equal access
Cordaid
Den Dolder, The Netherlands, 23 March 2010 (Cordaid). High level religious and spiritual leaders from many of the world’s major religions pledged “stronger, more visible and practical leadership
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Conference Report
human resources
Cordaid
Amsterdam, 15-16 March 2010. Human resources for health (HRH) are a vital component of any health system and are central to attaining the health-related Millennium Development Goals. In many
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Conference Report
contracting
ITM Antwerp
Kampala, 10 December 2009 | In May 2009, the Medicus Mundi International Network launched the report "Contracting between faith-based and public health sector in Sub-Saharan Africa: An ongoing
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Conference Report
global health policy
Swiss TPH
Basel, 10-11 December 2009. To commemorate the merger of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) with the Swiss Tropical Institute (STI), the 14th STI Symposium is built around the
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Conference Report
close-to-client care
ITM Antwerp
Brussels, 26 November 2009. Presentations and background material of a seminar organized by be-cause health, the Belgian platform for international health co-ordinated by the ITM Antwerp.
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Conference Report
global health policy
MM Switzerland
Basel, 10th November 2009. 8th Symposium of the Medicus Mundi Switzerland Network . Death rates caused by infectious diseases have been overtaken by chronic diseases in all parts of the world
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Conference Report
human resources
Cordaid
20th May 2009, technical meeting organised by Medicus Mundi International and Cordaid as a
side event to the 62nd World Health Assembly.
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Conference Report
health promotion
MM Switzerland
Bern, 6 May 2009. The aidsfocus.ch conference on “Culture and condoms. Integrating approaches to HIV and AIDS” looked at the complex inter-relationships of culture and HIV/AIDS. Based on
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Conference Report
equal access
Swiss TPH
The 13th Symposium of the Swiss Tropical Institute held on 17th
April 2009 focused on the development of health interventions and their
translation in to practice. The symposium provided a
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