Medico International

Since 1968, the development and human-rights organization medico international, together with African, Asian and Latin-American partners, champions the human right to health and the improvement of living conditions in war and crisis regions.

Health requires the full respect for people's economic, social and cultural needs in times of distress. This implies analysing the causes of poverty and violence and working towards their elimination and for alternatives to neo-liberal globalization. In 1997 the International Campaign to Ban Landmines co-founded by medico international was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize.

Medico international was co-founder of Fatal Transactions in 1999.