The editorial is published in German and French language only.
MMS Bulletin 121
At aidsfocus.ch's experts' conference, held on the 7th of April 2011, participants discussed the challenges and opportunities of linking HIV with sexual and reproductive health and rights, in the light of the current international debate and of concrete experience in Africa and Central Asia. In the countries of the South and in Central Asia, Swiss aid agencies have been supporting innovative and effective initiatives that provide youth-friendly offers concerning HIV and sexual and reproductive health and rights. They address the questions and concerns of young women and men and support them in their efforts to lead a self-determined, healthy life. The Network Medicus Mundi Swizterland has just published the reader of the conference.
Basel, 8 November 2011
Health is a human right: too often forgotten, this is the central issue of international health policy and health cooperation. And yet millions of people die each year in developing countries due to easily preventable diseases. This is a basic violation of the human right to health. In addition, women, minorities and marginalized people often have limited access to health care due to poorly functioning health care systems. That is why this year's Swiss Health Cooperation Symposium, which will be organized by the Swiss Red Cross and the Network Medicus Mundi Switzerland will reflect debate question how the human right to health could be strengthened in the Swiss Foreign Health Policy as well as in Global Health.