In one way or another, I've been linked to this report from the start and over the course of these past 20 years.
Looking at it with perspective, I believe it has contributed significantly to the development of health cooperation through sheer effort and limited resources. Many of the issues the report has highlighted over the years, from its analysis of ODA to the reality of health in the world, have been key reference points in the agenda of health cooperation policies.
Congratulations for the path travelled down and best of luck for the next stages!
José María Medina Rey
Enraíza Derechos
This rigorously drafted report contributes elements to Spanish Cooperation to defend and back health as a global public asset and is indisputable to continue on the path paved by the 2030 Agenda. This report is both brave and assertive. Congratulations and thank you!
Ramón Almansa López
Chief Executive - Entreculturas Foundation
Every year I laud the publication of the “Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action” report. In my view, the methodology and content of the report enables it to demonstrate the reality of Health Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid. I have used it as a resource for reports and courses as it sets out an analysis of the situation on a global scale and the gaps between the goals and resources used to meet them. I’m grateful to the authors and editors for the work they do, and I hope it continues to be a benchmark document.
However, I also believe its role to influence the distribution of ODA resources towards health and, within that, towards the different subsectors, has not had the desired effect and I can only make a plea so that between us all we can reach decisions based more on the evidence gathered by the document.
Miguel Casado Gómez
Head of Health Sector
General Directorate of Sustainable Development Policies
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation
Since its inception, Spanish Development Cooperation has suffered from a regrettable lack of analyses and studies oriented towards transforming policies. This report is clearly an exception. Since medicusmundi and Médicos del Mundo set it up, “Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action” has been a necessary reference point for anyone wanting to delve into this fascinating debate. I hope we can rely upon it for another 20 years.
Gonzalo Fanjul Suárez
Director of Policies and Analysis
IsGloba
Contributing analyses, reflections, self-criticism and criticism in the humanitarian and cooperation sectors is becoming increasingly relevant. The sector must bravely address the necessary reforms, and the more these are based on evidence, the better. Consequently, this report has contributed to the above over the past twenty years. From our Institute, which monitors international and Spanish humanitarian action, the report by our Médicos del Mundo and medicusmundi colleagues has become a reference point for a better understanding of the sphere of health, its priorities, and the availability of disaggregated data on this sector. Congratulations and keep moving forward, because now, more than ever, we need work like yours.
Francisco Rey Marcos
Coordinator
Institute of Studies on Conflicts and Humanitarian Action
I've read and used this annual report over the past decade. Its content is always of interest and uses solid and reliable data which the authors turn into valuable information for those of us who work in international cooperation and humanitarian aid.
I particularly remember Chapter 1 of a recent report that I’ve recommended to different groups of students in EASP programmes. Maintaining quality and increasingly pertinent documentation and analysis work over such a long period is not easy.
Thank you and congratulations. I hope your enthusiasm and resources to continue “informing” remain the same.
Natxo Oleaga
Researcher and Teacher
Development Cooperation in Navarra has been, and still is, shaped by a strong element of international solidarity in health and, from its origins at the end of the 1980s, has accompanied our local partners in strengthening public health systems in multiple countries. This characteristic has been reliably reflected in this report and has enabled us to grant visibility to and improve our commitment to health for all.
Andrés Carbonero
General Director of Social Protection and Development Cooperation
Government of Navarra
I would like to congratulate you for this report and the 20 years spent drafting it. The report enables data to be corroborated around the attainment of SDG 3 targets related to health and wellbeing and marks out the challenges we must face to ensure nobody is left behind. It demonstrates the impact of the pandemic on public health systems and the weaknesses shown in different geographical spaces; challenges which join already existing ones, showing how the increase in inequality impacts the wellbeing of global citizens.
Such reports help to reassess the role of decentralised cooperation in Andalusia as they show the added value of this cooperation in Spanish Cooperation as a whole and what is entailed in developing actions in closer proximity to citizens and with greater flexibility, creating alliances for health with people at the centre.
Furthermore, the report serves as guidance in cooperation policy as it positions health policies as elements for equality and to reduce inequality, thereby allowing us to search for more integral strategies which allow SDG 3 targets to be addressed in relation to the other SDGs, and with the clear aim of championing the wellbeing of an independent population.
Mª Luz Ortega Carpio
Director
Andalusian Agency for Development Cooperation
The 20th anniversary of the “Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action” report is a good opportunity to express my congratulations and appreciation to medicusmundi and Médicos del Mundo for having made it possible in this period and for its high quality. The report is a must for gaining insight into the history of and major issues in health cooperation over these years.
In the Department of International Health from the National School of Health, we have often used articles from the report as work and reference materials for students. A big thanks to medicusmundi and Médicos del Mundo and let’s hope the report continues for many more years to come.
Dr. José-Manuel Freire Campo
Professor Emeritus
Ex-Director of the Department of International Health from the National School of Health
Carlos III Health Institute
On this 20th anniversary, I’d like to congratulate Médicos del Mundo and medicusmundi for their annual report. An essential document for understanding the strategic importance of health in development cooperation, to analyse the impact of the fight against poverty and sustainable human development, to situate pending challenges and, most of all, to stress the need to invest in health as a global public asset.
Beatriz Coto Rodríguez
Director
Asturian Agency of Development
A report drafted with responsibility and commitment which places the stress on points which, for those of us who are part of development cooperation, are a source of concern and work.
In Aragón, Health holds a prominent position in the Management Plan of Aragón Development Cooperation 2020-2023; therefore, the report’s recommendations constitute an opportunity in designing and implementing public policies which enable a more just and equal world to exist and in which the right to life and health are increasingly a reality. Congratulations for 20 years of this report!
María Jesús Perich Sancho
Head of the Development Cooperation Service
Government of Aragón
First and foremost, I would like to congratulate Médicos del Mundo and medicusmundi and express my gratitude for and recognition of the excellent work carried out over these years in developing annual reports on Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action, reports which, in 2021, celebrate their 20th anniversary.
The excellent and meticulous work carried out periodically, incorporating and analysing data on ODA provided by the DGPOLDES Statistics team from the Spanish Secretary of State for International Cooperation, has been a source of information, enquiry and an incentive for reflection for many professionals working in health and cooperation, me included.
María Cruz Ciria Matilla
Head of the Health Sector in the Department of Sectoral Cooperation
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation
Over these 20 years, the “Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action” report has evolved and become consolidated as a must-read for those of us with a commitment to global health.
A leading document which, through its meticulousness, grants us knowledge on the state and role of Health in Spanish Cooperation policies to, more importantly, analyse its development over time. A useful tool to which we often refer and use to support many of our analyses.
Leire Pajin Iraola
Director of Global Development
IsGlobal
This magnificent report, now with 20 years behind it, is an example of meticulous, detailed and relevant work. It is an essential read every year to gain an understanding of the challenges global health faces, the actions and tensions different actors face, and Spain’s contribution to such challenges. Over the past few years, it has been particularly important, with an international analysis section that is also highly valued beyond our shores.
At different professional stages, as a researcher and head of campaigns and content in different organisations, and now in a UN Agency specialised in global health challenges, this report is a gem.
Congratulations Médicos del Mundo and medicusmundi for these twenty years and all the best for the future!
Jaime Atienza Azcona
Chief, Health Financing
UNAIDS - Geneva
In conjunction with the twentieth edition of the annual report “Health in Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Action”, from AECID we would like to congratulate medicusmundi and Médicos del Mundo on this anniversary for the detailed and motivating work they have carried out over this period.
The global health crisis caused by the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 crisis has highlighted, to an even greater degree, the need to strengthen health systems around the world to attain Universal Health Coverage by 2030 (SDG 3.8). Health is a fundamental human right and has been, is, and will continue to be a priority for AECID and Spanish Cooperation.
The comprehensive annual reports are a key asset and a periodic reminder for Spanish organisations and actors working in health, with corroborated data and figures, of the development of ODA, and to integrate lessons learned and encourage us to act accordingly.
Antón Leis García
Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the European Union and Cooperation
