1959 was the founding year both for FAIRMED and for the development partnership between Switzerland and Nepal. To fittingly celebrate this double birthday, FAIRMED invited all interested parties to Zurich for an information event under the title of “A Look to Nepal”. There, Deputy Director of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and Ambassador Thomas Gass gave his insights into the special relationship between Switzerland and Nepal.

Extreme rain has caused devastating floods in the Central African Republic, also affecting the region in which FAIRMED is pursuing its projects. Together with the relevant authorities, FAIRMED is launching an emergency response.

In May, the Swiss Federal Council set out its priorities for future international cooperation. In the course of the subsequent consultation, FAIRMED expressed its views on the strategy paper. You can read FAIRMED’s assessment of the government’s plans here.

Traditional practices that pose a potential risk to both mother and child are widespread in some parts of the Baglung District in Nepal. For example, mothers are encouraged to drink 1.5 litres of warm mustard oil in the first two weeks after giving birth. You can read here how FAIRMED informs affected women in the district about the dangers of such practices.

A high-level meeting in the Republic of Congo: Minister of Health Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo received a delegation from FAIRMED for a strategic exchange with the country’s highest-ranking policy makers. The background to the event is a project that aims at the eradication of the skin disease yaws.