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Planetary Health: A Contribution through Research, Cooperation and Art

A discussion with Medicus Mundi Mediterranea Tuesday, 29 April 2025, 15.00-16.15 CET Zoom registration: here The Planetary Health cooperation model, promoted by Medicus Mundi Mediterrània, combines interventions to strengthen public health services, advance an environmentally sustainable economic model, and support Amazon reforestation. A collaborative study by Medicus Mundi Mediterrània, the…

WHA TODAY: First intersessional civil society check in meeting ahead of WHA78

Thursday 24 April, 14.00 to 15.00 CEST Dear all WHO member states agreed to convene the 78th session of the World Health Assembly on Monday, 19 May 2025, at WHO headquarters, Geneva, and to close the session no later than Tuesday, 27 May 2025. While waiting for the beginning of the WHA78, on Thursday 24 April we will gather together to give a first look at the WHA78 agenda. You are very welcome…

Climate Change Health Adaptation Interventions in the Coastal Area of Bangladesh

A discussion with Enfants du Monde Thursday, 27 March 2025, 15.00-16.15 CET   This intervention by Enfants du Monde (EdM) and its partner, presents a project implemented in partnership with ESDO, a Bangladeshi NGO, in a coastal region of Bangladesh severely affected by saltwater intrusion into freshwater sources. The project highlights the findings from a participatory community assessment…

Climate Justice and Determinants of Health

A discussion with Remco van de Pas, UNU-IIGH Thursday, 27 February 2025, 15.00-16.00 CET In this session, UN University Senior Researcher Remco van de Pas discusses UNU-IIGH’s direction of work on Climate Justice and Health. Under its new strategy 2024-2028 UNU-IIGH has started an ambitious line of work bringing Climate, Health and Justice work together. In collaboration with a diverse…

The Political Economy of Health Indicators and Data

A discussion with Dr. Julian Eckl, School of Economics and Political Science, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland In addition to other topics, this year the Community of Practice wants to look at how monitoring and evaluation systems (M&E) enshrined power relations within international health cooperation. Based on this, we would like to develop a statement as a CoP that highlights the…

Civil Society assessments around the WHO Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel

The 5th reporting round on the implementation of the WHO Code of Practice on the Recruitment of Health Personnel will reveal the challenges that exist in ensuring that well-trained and committed personnel can fulfil the basic health needs. Since the introduction of the WHO Code, the problem area has changed and in some cases become more acute. As part of the policy dialogue, we are looking at…

Civil society engagement in the development of WHA resolutions and decisions

Launch of the WHO study “Civil society engagement in the development of World Health Assembly resolutions and decisions. Lessons and examples from the Seventy-seventh session”. Friday 24 January 2025, 13.00 – 14.30 hrs CET (Zoom webinar)   A first study published by the WHO Civil Society Commission evaluates the involvement of civil society in drafting some key resolutions and…

World Council of Churches: our approach to decolonization

A discussion with Dr Mwai Makoka and Dr Masiiwa Gunda, World Council of Churches 12 December 2024, 15.00-16.15 CET Dr Mwai Makoka is Programme Executive for health and healing and Dr. Masiiwa Gunda is Programme Executive for overcoming racism, xenophobia and discrimination at World Council of Churches. Together, they discussed how the World Council of Churches understands the issue of…

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Past Network Events

This section contains the archives of the MMI Network events of the last years, organized by the Network secretariat or particular Network members.

Zimbabwe: The neglected double crisis of health and climate injustice

First session in a series of public discussion meetings (Zoom) organized by the Community of Practice on Health and Climate Justice, in cooperation with the Community Working Group on Health, Zimbabwe, and other members

Somaliland realities of aid and the aspiration of decolonizing cooperation.

Report and documentation of the discussion meeting on 10 October 2024 hosted by the MMI/MMS Community of Practice on Decolonizing Health Cooperation

The Impact of Climate Change on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs): Examples from FAIRMED’s work in Chad and Nepal

Thursday, 28 March 2024, discussion meeting convened by the CoP Climate and Health justice

Travel policies at organizations working in international health: The example of ITM Antwerp

Thursday, 29 February 2024, discussion meeting convened by the CoP Climate and Health justice

An introduction to the IFRC Guide to climate-smart programmes and operations

Thursday, 25 January 2024, discussion meeting convened by the CoP Climate and Health justice