MMI Network News, Reports and Resources
Universal Health Coverage Day, 12 December 2014
MMI wake-up messages on UHC Day (via Twitter): Which text belongs to which picture? Health for All does not come easy. Coverage AND quality! Don't…
Defend the World Health Organization from corporate takeover
Civil Society Statement calling on delegates to the World Health Assembly to defend the integrity and independence of the World Health……
Health for all: The Walk
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2015 How long does it take for a pregnant woman to reach a clinic? In the “most boring film” THE WALK, a Cordaid…
Giving birth is not a game
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2015 In October 2015, Memisa launched the online videogame “Giving Birth is not a game” to sensitize the Belgian…
Two cultures united in Right to Health defense
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2015 This is a story about a project which started in 1972 bringing Navarra (Spain) closer to a District Hospital…
No more teenage pregnancies in Myove, Rwanda
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2013 One determined nurse is making sure no more teenagers in her community will get pregnant against their will.…
Afghan women take control of their own lives
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2013 For several years HealthNet has been working in addressing the needs of women and vulnerable people in Afghan…
The need for reform of illicit drug policy
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 For health organisations, it might seem obvious that the issue of illicit drugs is a public health issue.…
Healthcare for grannies in Uganda
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 The “Granny Project” has been funded in 2013/14 by action medeor and implemented by PEFO Uganda in Jinja…
Aid in reverse – compensation for health worker migration
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 Exploring the phenomena whereby rich countries have actively recruited health workers from the Global South,…
Youth today: DO IT!
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 “Actua” (“Do it!”) is a joint project of four associations in the Navarra province, Medicus Mundi Navarra,…
Family planning as part of political campaigns
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 After almost 40 years of silence population control seems to be back in the debate of global development…
Innovative approaches in the fight against leprosy
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 The Novartis Foundation has been active in the fight against leprosy for over 25 years. Building on our…
The global governance for health arena in 2014
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 2014 started off as ‘just’ another year for Wemos, MMI and other civil society organizations attempting to get…
Training doctors in Africa: “What are Italian students doing down there?
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 Since 2005, almost 200 Italian medical students decided to take a step outside of their usual habits and…
Universal Health Coverage in Fragile States
Contribution to MMI Annual Report 2014 Until recently, many of the debates around Universal Health Coverage (UHC) addressed health coverage in…
Annual Report 2014 of the MMI Network
Network Health For All Dear Network Members, Travelling back to Switzerland from a conference or consultancy appointment in Southern Africa is…
Disaster response: Sendai Framework “shows signs of weakness”
Cordaid news, March 2015. "Local communities, especially in fragile areas will get a central role in disaster risk reduction. Governance and programs…
Development of a Global Strategy on Human Resources for Health: Input by the Medicus Mundi International Network
Since early 2014, the Global Health Workforce Alliance (GHWA) has been coordinating a broad-based public consultation , through the development of 8…
Overcoming the health workforce gap
The chapter of Global Health Watch 4 on the global health workforce crisis tells us that the global deficit of health workers was estimated to be…
Mozambique: a luta continua!
A documentary about the tortuous path Mozambique is living in the construction of its public health system. By Medicus Mundi Catalunya. It's been…
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