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This guide is addressed at Médecins du Monde project players whoever they may be – coordinators, desk officers, volunteer board delegates (RMs), volunteers, etc. Someone with little experience will find in this guide the basics needed to understand the logic of the project cycle. Those with more experience and with a good command of the project cycle already will be able to familiarise themselves with the concepts and approaches used within Médecins du Monde.

In terms of gender-based violence, the statistics speak for themselves: one woman in three in the world has been beaten, forced to have sexual relations or subject to other forms of abuse in their lifetime. In 2008, in France, 156 women were killed by their partner or ex-partner.

Faced with significant price increases for new drugs, in North and South alike, particularly drugs for cancer, hepatitis C and rare diseases, civil society in France is taking action to defend access to best-quality care for all, and to safeguard the public healthcare system. Several organisations representing patients, healthcare users, healthcare professionals and students have joined together to publish a White Paper (in French) entitled: “Drugs and therapeutic advance: guaranteeing access, bringing prices under control”.

Doctors of the World – Médecins du Monde (MdM) is an international movement committed to combatting inequalities in health and securing access to protection, decent living conditions and optimum medical care for all.