To ensure that medical aid reaches the places where it is needed most, we work with local authorities to strengthen local health systems—including through the following:
Training and continuing education for local health professionals and volunteer health workers
Combating neglected tropical diseases
Equipping local healthcare facilities with the necessary medical supplies
Providing rapid assistance in the event of a disaster
Our approach: exclusively local employees
In over 60 years of development cooperation, we have learned that the key to success is in our exclusively local employees. They know the local people, enjoy their trust and understand the changes that are required. This is crucial for our aim of strengthening local health structures enduringly and sustainably.
Our expertise: Neglected tropical diseases
Where the poorest of the poor live, neglected tropical diseases are widespread. We have 60 years of experience fighting these diseases of poverty, which are often curable by simple means, yet affect over a billion of the world's poorest people.
Our activities: Projects in Asia and Africa
FAIRMED operates in Sri Lanka, Cameroon, Nepal, and the Central African Republic. In these countries, we deliver medical aid to areas that are often difficult to reach. Through our projects, we provide people with access to basic healthcare, giving them hope for a healthy future.
Leaving no one behind
In all our projects, we are committed to identifying and removing barriers that prevent women, ethnic groups facing discrimination, marginalized communities, and people with disabilities from accessing health services and participating in decision-making. At the same time, we empower them and encourage them to take an active role and assume leadership positions within their communities.
Our work aligns with the Sustainable Development Goals and the guiding principle of “leaving no one behind” from the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
