Medico international

Medico International is a government-supported humanitarian relief and human rights organization based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Its declared aim is to achieve the human right to health globally, and using this justification, it is active in controversial partisan political campaigns, particularly in the Middle East. Medico has an annual budget of approximately 11 million Euro, provided by the German Federal Foreign Office [AA] and Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development [BMZ]), and other sources. With this large budget, Medico is a prominent member in what Dutch author Linda Polman has called and criticized as the humanitarian NGO industry.

Medico works with partners from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. Together with its partners Medico provides help during catastrophes and supports long-term activities. Medico International focuses on health supply, human rights, psycho-social work and migration. Citing the World Health Organization, is not only seen as the absence of decease but as a physical, psychological and social comfort and well-being. In this definition it goes along with the World Health Organization.

Secondly Medico emphasizes a critical public and educational work, where it engages in debates as well as campaigning. Medico puts the sources of poverty and conflicts into focus and not only to support in the management of the consequences. This idea is reflected within its several publications—like the quarterly ‘rundschreiben’, which is available in German – public lectures and campaigns.

Medico International is a registered association with a voluntary board. The psychologist Thomas Gebauer is the managing director. The office is divided into the three sections: public work, project monitoring and administration. Around 40 people work at the office in Frankfurt, with three additional offices: one in Israel/Palestine, one in Central America and one in Algeria. The most famous employee is the philosopher Thomas Seibert. The process of oversight and regulation of Medico activities and personnel is unclear.

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