Taking action on our three key areas
Viva Salud is a Belgian NGO that believes every individual and every community has the right to health. That is why we support social movements in their struggle for the right to health. In the Philippines, Palestine, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and elsewhere, we work in partnership with social organisations on joint campaigns; we learn from one another and strengthen one another. To this end, we focus our work on three main areas:
For public healthcare systems
Most countries in the world recognise the right to health. Yet at least 400 million people worldwide do not have access to essential healthcare. Inequalities are rife. They are making people ill.
For healthy working conditions
People spend a large part of their lives working. The conditions in which they work therefore have a significant impact on their health. The right to health cannot exist without the right to healthy working conditions.
Social movements for the right to health
Social movements are on the front line in defending and promoting the right to health. Their ability to contribute to public debate and take part in decision-making processes depends to a large extent on the openness of the democratic spaces in which they operate.
