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.
Recently, Swiss Federal Councillor and health minister Alain Berset visited the Central African Republic (CAR) for discussions with the government that focused, among other topics, on health policy challenges. He also exchanged views with local FAIRMED employees.
A presidential encounter in the Central African Republic: On World Health Day, Head of State Faustin-Archange Touadéra attended an exposition on the topic of health organised by his government and the World Health Organization (WHO). FAIRMED also participated with its own booth, and our local team used the opportunity to introduce the President to the work of FAIRMED.
Total commitment on and off the artificial grass of the Stade de Suisse: Cameroon national football team member Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu has joined the FAIRMED team that is fighting for the world's poorest.
For years, the world-renowned French photographer and environmental activist Yann Arthus-Bertrand has been providing his spectacular aerial photographs to FAIRMED free of charge. Recently, we finally had the opportunity to meet and get to know the 73-year-old personally, and to thank him for his confidence in us.
In genuine medical emergencies, a quick response is all-important. But there are many places in the world where ambulances cannot be at hand. For example, the remote villages of the Moboma community in the Central African Republic. For this reason, FAIRMED has established an emergency transport and treatment system that had been piloted in recent months.