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Medici per i Diritti Umani – MEDU (Doctors for Human Rights – Italy) is a democratic and no profit organization independent of political, trade union, religious and ethnic affiliations. Medici per i Diritti Umani was founded by a group of doctors, mid-wives and others volunteers involved in an humanitarian mission with in Kichwa, Ecuadorian Andes.

MEDU was founded on 2004 in Rome with the purpose of bring health to vulnerable population and denounce the violations of human rights and, in particular, on the exclusion from the right to health.

Objectives

Medu is a humanitarian and international solidarity association with the mission of:

  • bringing health assistance to the most vulnerable population in the situations of crisis;
  • promoting the voluntary commitment of doctors and other health professionals, as well as citizens and professionals of other branches indispensable for its actions;
  • developing inside the civil society democratic and participative spaces for promotion and protection of the right to health and the other human rights;
  • supporting cooperation initiatives aimed to bring out the role of local partners and to make the people protagonist of their own development.

Starting from the medical practice and in total independence:

  • points out the risks of crisis and the threats for the health and the dignity with the goal of contributing in their prevention,
  • looks for the cooperation of other partners to realize solidarity actions beyond the health line,
  • denounces and bears witness on the violations of human rights and, in particular, on the exclusion from the right to health,
  • develops new approaches and practices in public health, based on the respect of human dignity and of the different cultures of the people
  • commits itself to maintain a relation of total transparency with its donors.

Transparency



85% of our funding sources are deployed to assist directly the most vulnerable populations in Italy and abroad.








    DOCUMENTS

    STATUTO / CODE OF CONDUCT / FINANZIAMENTI PUBBLICI MEDU 2018 - 2019 - 2020 / BILANCIO SOCIALE AL 31/12/2020 /BILANCIO 2020 / BILANCIO 2019 / BILANCIO 2018 / BILANCIO 2017 / BILANCIO 2016 / BILANCIO 2015 / BILANCIO 2014 / BILANCIO 2013 / BILANCIO 2012 / BILANCIO 2011/

    Team

    Board of directors (2023):

    Marco Zanchetta (President), Cristina Marchetti (Vice-President),  Giuseppe Barbieri (Treasurer), Marco Alesini (Secretary),  Francesco Albertoni, Massimo Fantoni, Rita Murri, Cristiano Pulcinelli, Marie-Aude Tavoso.

    general coordinator:

    Alberto Barbieri

    administrative coordinator:

    Emanuela Darcangelo

    human resources coordinator:

    Paolo Perri

    Rome office coordinator:

    Roseli Petry

    Florence office coordinator:

    Silvia Ciofi Baffon

    national project coordinator:

    Mariarita Peca

    international project coordinator:

    Teresa Leone

    responsabile raccolta fondi/comunicazione

    Francesca Fasciani