MMI Network News, Reports and Resources
Improving healthcare, but for whom?
Inventory study on the International Finance Corporation’s investments in healthcare A new study by Wemos shows the need for the International…
Don’t let yourself be put in a category
medico | “A world in disarray remains unpredictable. How should we live in this paradox? Here is one approach….” A remarkable…
“Substantive elements” of a pandemic treaty…
A wish list for urgent action or the core of what needs to be regulated through a new binding international instrument? At the World Trade…
What we need for equitable access to healthcare: Public financing for the public good.
Wemos blog on World Health Day “On World Health Day, we need to talk about solving a major threat for universal and equitable access to…
More climate action is needed to protect our health
Cordaid on World Health Day The climate crisis is intricately connected to major health challenges. According to the WHO, every year, 13 million…
Geneva Global Health Hub: Annual Report 2021
“After two years of a pandemic which world leaders have described with the metaphor of a war, a real war is taking precedence over…
World Health Worker Week: Build the health workforce back better?
4-8 April 2022 is “World Health Worker Week”, and the promotion of this “celebration” of health workers has started already, with Tweets (see…
COVID-19 – A Game Changer in International Health Cooperation?
“The COVID-19 pandemic is changing the global health landscape. It is significantly reshaping health systems and policies and the way in…
Online course “GOVERNING PANDEMICS 101”
“Pandemics such as Covid-19 pose wicked challenges for global governance. The Global Health Centre is piloting a free, open online course…
TRIPS Waiver: Too little, too late
“More than 500 days have passed since – in the midst of the spreading Covid-19 pandemic – the governments of South Africa and India…
MMI Dossier: War in the Ukraine
What MMI Network members do And what they write action medeor Krise in der Ukraine Overview on emergency aid provided by action medeor…
Who has the Facts in Global Health Governance? Diagnosing our Sources of Information, Knowledge and Truth
Input by MMI Executive Secretary Thomas Schwarz to a great webinar organized by the Baháʼí International Community, on 22 March 2022. We…
WGPR intersessional meetings: Inputs from TWN, as part of the MMI delegation
To inform its work and in particular the finalization of recommendations to the 75 World Health Assembly, the WHO Working Group on Strengthening WHO…
Kampala Initiative: Annual Report 2021
DECOLONIZE health cooperation DECOLONIZE the critique of aid DECOLONIZE the promotion of solidarity What would the world look like if we opted for…
Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) for a pandemic treaty: Concerns and recommendations regarding public hearings
“Distinguished INB Members, we herewith share with you, for your consideration, some concerns and recommendations related to the implementation…
Meeting people where they are at? Sure, just don’t leave them there
It’s a laudable aim to engage groups who have lost faith in international institutions and progress and “meet them where they are at” as…
“You have a great responsibility on your shoulders…” Open civil society letter on key issues to be addressed in the INB process
“As you start your mandate as leaders of the newly constituted Intergovernmental Negotiating Body to draft and negotiate a WHO convention,…
Community Working Group on Health (Zimbabwe): Annual Report 2021
“While the Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are necessary, they have also disrupted access to essential health care services especially for…
New website provides overview and review of initiatives for access to medical products against Covid-19
Wemos has launched covid19response.org, a website that provides an up-to-date overview of international initiatives by public institutions to enhance…
8 March, Odette Nyiramana and the “egalitarian revolution” of the 414 women cooperativists
Odette Nyiramana’s experience and the great transformation that seven rural cooperatives run by medicusmundi in Rwanda, including…
medico international: Political solidarity is front and centre
“Many years ago, a debate started at the department about whether the term project really tallies with our understanding of collaboration with…
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