Transcript MdM presentation to new partners – first session

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Doctors of the World – Médecins du monde
Our values and identity
 key values social justice, empowerment, solidarity, activism,
independence and balance (e.g. between service delivery and advocacy)
 NGO created in France in 1981 – currently 15 autonomous associations
(Argentina, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Greece, Japan,
Netherlands, Luxemburg, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, USA)
 access to healthcare through freely accessible frontline medical services
316 programmes in 78 countries (in 2013)
 Among these, 170 are domestic programmes in 15 countries
 Volunteer-centered organization (e.g. over 5.500 health professionals
across domestic programs)
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Doctors of the World – Médecins du monde
Who we are and what we do
 domestic programs: homeless people, asylum seekers, Roma
communities, elderly, destitute EU citizens or nationals and third-country
undocumented migrants, drug users, sex workers
 20% of our national programs are healthcare centers (with referrals to
mainstream healthcare whenever possible) + vast majority of mobile units &
outreach
 harm reduction approach, empowerment of smaller organizations and
supporting the creation of self-support groups
 data collection on the social determinants of health and patients’ state of
health as a basis for our advocacy: evidence based…
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Doctors of the World – Médecins du monde
Common advocacy towards EU institutions
 Urging MS & EU institutions to ensure universal public health systems built on
solidarity, equality and equity, open to everyone living in a European member state
 Focus on children (esp. universal vaccination coverage), ante- and postnatal
care, coherent infectious disease policies without exclusion (HIV, hepatitis, TB) –
advocacy rooted in field experience (we only speak about what we see; only those
with first-hand experience speak)
 Protection of seriously ill migrants from deportation to countries without effective
access to healthcare
 e.g. regular contacts with DG SANCO, ECDC, FRA or CoE institutions,
participation to EP hearings, partnerships with PICUM and EPHA, partnerships with
health professionals
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Additional focus points: (psycho)social counselling – Training / education – Health and sexuality education
– Peer education – Continuity of care for migrants in detention – Legal & integration assistance for
migrants (including interpretation) - Influencing migration policies – Community mental health
interventions – Harm reduction – Public health research / social epidemiology
SERVICE DELIVERY
SERVICE DELIVERY
Overall learning needs
pediatric care
EU funding
harm reduction (drug use)
harm reduction (sex work)
working with interpreters, mediators, peer workers
violence faced by service users
funding strategies (local, regional, national)
sexual & reproductive care
HIV & hepatitis B&C
working with volunteers
mental healthcare
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EXPERTS
Working with interpreters, mediators, peer workers: MdM DE, Czech Consortium (CZ), BFPA (BG)
Volunteers: MdM DE & NL, Menedék (HU)
Violence faced by service users: INSERM (FR)
Mental healthcare: INSERM (FR), MdM DE & PT, Health centre UDM (NO)
HIV/HCV & HBV: INSERM (FR), MdM PT
Sexual & reproductive care: BFPA (BG)
Pediatric care: MdM DE
Harm reduction drug use: MdM FR, DE and CA
Harm reduction sex work: MdM FR
Funding strategies: MdM DE
EMPOWERMENT OF SERVICE USERS
Overall learning needs
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Involve service users in a programme
Work with grassroots movements
Organise community mobilisation
EXPERTS – Czech Consortium (CZ) on how to involve service users in a programme
EXPERTS on DATA COLLECTION
Testimonies & case studies: C-HM (AT), Czech Consortium (CZ), MRCI (IE)
Audiovisual productions: MRCI (IE)
Legal analysis: MdM DE, C-HM (AT)
Quanti: INSERM (FR) and C-HM (AT), MdM DE, Menedék (HU)
Quali: INSERM (FR) and C-HM (AT), Menedék (HU)
EXPERTS on ADVOCACY
Working with health professionals: MdM DE & NL
Working with academics: INSERM (FR), Czech Consortium (CZ)
Action plan & objectives: MdM SE
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The European Network to reduce vulnerabilities in health
2015-2017 PROPOSED WORKPLAN
 Mutual learning on how to improve service delivery, e.g. group training
sessions, 1-to-1 peer review process (2016-’17) + identifying similar partners in
other EU countries (at least 5 new every year)
 (Mutual) learning on empowerment (e.g. workshop with grass-root organization
representatives and peer workers)
 Common data collection (testimonies & case studies / legal analysis / common
routine quantitative data collection if possible, short surveys if possible)  e.g.
10/2015 Paris workshop on quantitative data collection
 Common advocacy towards EU institutions (and mutual learning on how to
successfully advocate for social change), e.g. common yearly publication, Brussels
EP dissemination event (2016), high-level EC event (2017), common outreach
towards health professionals and academics
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