08/11/2010
"Reducing Health Inequalities from a regional perspective - what works, what does not?", a Regions for health network conference aimed at examining how regional policy and stakeholders can efficiently eliminate disparities in health by addressing the social determinants of health. A poster proposed by HUMA and MdM Germany presented MdM-Germany's open.med programme and its work in close cooperation with the local municipality.
Click on the link to see the poster.
21/10/2010
"Access to health care for vulnerable children and pregnant women", a MdM-Belgium conference, took place on 21 October 2010. It allowed MdM Belgium, other organisations and representatives from regional and federal authorities to discuss the proposal drafted by MdM on access to healthcare for pregnant women and children under 6 years old.
Download the programme (in French and Dutch) and MdM Belgium proposal (in French and Dutch).
01/10/2010
During the summer 2010, especially in August and September, MdM Sweden has done different sorts of advocacy work to stimulate the debate on access to health care for undocumented migrants. After the parliamentary elections in September 2010, they published a magazine concerning undocumented migrants' access to health care with focus on health care without discrimination and more specifically, on MdM clinic in Stockholm, the situation for undocumented migrants in Sweden, the enquiry launched by the government on access to health care for undocumented migrants and other issues concerning Mdm Sweden advocacy work. This magazine was disseminated among members of the Parliament, county councils, health administrations, etc.
Click here to see the magazine (in Swedish)
01/07/2010
On June 30th, Médecins du Monde France organised a Symposium on "Medical Ethics and Practice to the test of security policies", in partnership with the University of Political Sciences (Sciences Po) and the HUMA Network. The conference provided a general legal, economical, sociologic, historic and medical perspective for health professionals. It specifically enlightened the contradictions in public policies between public statement promoting access to healthcare and the security/migration political agenda.
Annual political week in Sweden: MDM Sweden advocates for undocumented migrants access to health care
15/07/2010
Almedalsveckan - the political week in Gotland founded in 1968 - took place in July and Médecins du Monde Sweden was present. The objective was to do advocacy work for undocumented migrants access to health care by discussing with politicians, connect with other NGOs, spread information about how the situation is in different European countries today and hand out flyers to people (and voters in the upcoming elections this autumn). The question is triggering much sympathy for the undocumented migrants, especially among the persons who aren't aware about the restrictive Swedish law. Many of the politicians are looking forward to the national enquiry on the subject (published in springtime 2011) and it is clear that the law in some cases will ameliorate the situation. MdM made a lot of new contacts, participated in seminars and got much encouraging comments.
For more information on the situation of undocumented migrants in Sweden, go on Läkare i världen (MDM Sweden website) or twitter
NETHERLANDS - MdM Netherlands Conference-debate: ‘Duty to give healthcare under pressure!’
15/10/2009
On 15 October 2009, MDM Netherlands organized a conference-debate on barriers in the access to healthcare for undocumented migrants: ‘Duty to give healthcare under pressure!’
GERMANY - Symposium on "Right to health care of undocumented migrants in European and German context - Theory, praxis and solution statements"
23/11/2009
Ärzte der Welt (MDM Germany) organized a symposium on 23 November 2009, with the title Right to health care of undocumented migrants in European and German context - Theory, praxis and solution statements. The symposium took place at the Charité university clinic and had three parts:
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