title: [Ethics and esthetics in international cooperation].
abstract: Although more optimistic, the new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) continues to cast horrifying statistics on inequalities, not only in life expectancy but in many areas. Many Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) related to medicine seek to address this imbalance. To cooperate does not in any way appeal to the call of sentimentality. Cooperation moves money and is accountable. It requires a strong background in both professional and human values. It requires research on vaccines and diseases foreign to our society. To cooperate means "operate with" local counterparts, according to their needs and global health project. And finally, cooperation implies the demand for change in certain aspects of the global economic order. We reflect on these questions and describe the different ethical frameworks for the population and NGOs.
authors.affiliation: Equipo de Atención Primaria Centro de Salud Lakua-Arriaga, Vitoria-Gasteiz, España. mdearanzabal@gmail.com
authors.forename: Maite
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: de Aranzabal Agudo
authors.forename: María Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Hermana Tezanos
mesh_terms: D032781:Codes of Ethics; D004954:Esthetics; D007391:International Cooperation; D009938:Organizations / Q000941:ethics*