New strategy: FAIRMED takes the fight to poverty and disease

FAIRMED No one should have to suffer or die from a curable disease – this is the vision of FAIRMED. Now, we have undergone a strategic facelift so that we can pursue this goal with even greater rigour in the future. The most noticeable change is the new, holistic approach. For example, the FAIRMED strategy for 2018-2021 will no longer consider neglected tropical diseases individually, but as a bundle. The basic idea is that wherever such diseases occur, the people and the health system are being neglected – whether it be leprosy, Buruli ulcer or a different neglected tropical disease. (Photo: The Country Coordinators are discussing the implementation of the new strategy. © FAIRMED)

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