Control major diseases
stopmalaria.es
"Communicable diseases - such as acute respiratory infections, diarrhoeal
diseases, TB, malaria and AIDS - account for the greatest burden of
disease in the poorest countries. As life expectancy increases, there is
an epidemiological transition whereby major causes of death shift
towards chronic, non-communicable diseases (principally cardiovascular
disease, respiratory disease, psychiatric illness, and diabetes); this
is already impacting in developing countries. Cost-effective, evidence-based interventions to prevent and treat
these conditions do exist, but the reality is that many are unable to
benefit from them. Reasons include lack of access to medical facilities
and services, non patient-friendly care, poor service delivery by
inadequately trained health professionals, inability to pay for
treatments, and lack of high quality drugs. The focus, therefore, should
be on strengthening health systems to ensure universal access to
high-quality health services, to provide appropriate training for health
care workers - whether in the public or private sector - and adopting
preventive strategies that address the attitudes and behaviours of
individuals and communities." (Eldis)
Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to address the Assembly on behalf of Medicus Mundi International and the People's Health Movement.
The NCDs (= Noncommunicable Diseases) initiative is too
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Campaign/Advocacy
Cordaid
The 2011 edition of the Cordaid HIV and AIDS Award focused on the linking of community- and formal health and care services for PLHIV. This was a topic which many organisations could relate to as
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Conference Report
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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"Chronic diseases are of growing importance. While non-communicable diseases currently seem to be capturing the agenda, both chronic infectious and non-infectious diseases, pose major challenges
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An annual Tropical Diseases Training Course is run by Medicus Mundi Italia and the Tropical and Infectious Diseases Department of the University of Brescia. It is a three weeks, full time course
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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
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"Malaria control interventions are mostly being implemented within the structures of the local health system with potential to promote the whole system. In contrary health system strengthening
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Resource/Tool
Doctors with Africa
"Injustice, epidemics, environmental degradation… Our world experiences many disasters and dramas. Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the suffering and misery? You would like to change
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