MMI Network News, Reports and Resources
The WHO we want: engaging with non-state actors
Being an International Health Policy correspondent via the much appreciated link of the ITM Health Policy Unit with Medicus Mundi International gave…
“We have been doing this work for so many years and we are still called volunteers”
South Africa is celebrated for its ARV roll out programme – the biggest worldwide – which brought down AIDS related death rates, but without the…
Until every church health facility has qualified pharmaceutical staff
Here is the reality: The lack of trained pharmaceutical personnel in the church health sector has been an ongoing problem. Many Church Health…
Migration of Healthcare Professionals: An Opportunity for Shared Development
This report sets out the lessons learned from the European action Migration of Healthcare Professionals: An Opportunity for Shared Development…
Getting out Among the People. Awareness-Raising and Fighting HIV in Tanzania
Francesca takes her place at the center of a small basketball court, where about twenty colleagues await her from the Ngokolo health center, where…
The strain of the growers. Senekela Sisibere
Life is not easy for widows in Africa where a very traditional society puts too strong a pressure on them. Sometimes, a woman that becomes a widow…
What’s up with Smart
Two months have passed since I arrived in Kenya. I already know that work in Kithatu Health Centre is not boring at all. Every day is different from…
Annual Report 2017 of the MMI Network
Moving health cooperation beyond aid Dear Network members and partners, While we are used to apply a global perspective in the fields of economy or…
Imagine, then, having to rely on your mobile telephone for light while attending a mother giving birth
"Imagine working at a health clinic for a week on the run. Imagine finding out that your only colleague has left and will not be replaced. Imagine,…
Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. A Jeune S3 video
Talking about sexuality and rights is not easy for young people. Talking about it in fragile and conflict-affected areas is even harder! Come meet…
Towards a balanced rethinking of Performance-Based Financing
Cordaid, February 2018. "Performance-based financing (PBF) in the health sector is a much debated topic. Some are overly critical, others overly…
Sexual misconduct of humanitarian aid workers: Unacceptable
Cordaid, February 2018. "Cordaid is deeply upset by the sexual misconduct of humanitarian aid workers, recently revealed in the media. Cordaid as…
Health Povery Action: On the Ground
"Health Poverty Action works in partnership with poor and marginalised communities across Africa, Asia and Latin America to support them in their…
Universal Health Coverage in the Central African Republic
Cordaid, December 2017. What does universal health coverage mean to you? Hear responses from the Central African Republic (Cordaid video clip)…
ARV treatment: Reaching the unreachables
"By air, by road and even canoe we are trying to reach tens of thousands of people in DR Congo whose lives depend on antiretroviral (ARV) treatment.…
i+solutions leads consortium to streamline patient access to essential treatments in Nigeria
i+solutions is the lead partner in a consortium working with the Nigerian government on the Nigerian Supply Chain Integration Project (NSCIP).…
Keeping the health system alive in times of war
Cordaid, 30 November 2017. "In Mobaye, on the southern border with DR Congo, Cordaid staff coordinates and implements the results based financing…
Quick malaria response saves lives
On top of the continuing conflict, the vulnerable South Sudanese state of Upper Nile now also has to deal with a serious outbreak of malaria.…
Health Systems Advocacy Partnership stands for mutual learning
"The Health Systems Advocacy Partnership was launched in Uganda during the project kickoff session in Kampala on 18 March 2016. The strategic…
Health for All: Why is Universal Health Coverage important?
Cordaid, 6 December 2017. "Do you believe health is a human right, and that all human beings should be able to fulfill their potential in dignity…
Implementation Research of Swiss NGOs Working in the Field of International Health Cooperation
Medicus Mundi Switzerland, 5 December 2017. Member organizations of the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland (MMS) work together to enhance…
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