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International Health
Cooperative Organisation

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IHCO is an international organisation founded in 1996 that brings together health cooperatives. It is the health sectoral organisation of the International Cooperative Alliance.

IHCO activity is addressed to showcase cooperatives as an alternative to private and public healthcare, which combines economic goals with social values.

IHCO promotes a people-focused approach to meet the population’s health needs, encouraging high-quality healthcare services and ethical working conditions for professionals.

Health cooperatives take the best structure to meet the needs of their members.

Worker Cooperatives

Production Cooperatives

User Cooperatives

Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

Specialised healthcare

Pharmacy

Health literacy

Many more

Health cooperatives are active in different sectors.

IHCO

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IHCO President Carlos Zarco talked to Coop News @coopnews on this year's challenges of the cooperative health sector #healthcoops twitter.com/coopnews/statu…

10:28 am · January 17, 2022

IHCO

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We wish you a wonderful Seasonal Holiday and a very happy and healthy New Year! #healthcoops #WeAreCops pic.twitter.com/Spex6GzsGg

12:35 pm · December 24, 2021

IHCO

@IHCO_coophealth

We wish you a wonderful Seasonal Holiday and a very happy and healthy New Year! #healthcoops #WeAreCops pic.twitter.com/kIrk80Jmd6

7:35 am · December 22, 2021

IHCO

@IHCO_coophealth

Did you miss the conversation on how cooperatives provide accessible health services? Watch the inspiring experts panel at: youtube.com/watch?v=avf522… #healthcoops #WorldCoopCongress #coops pic.twitter.com/XecdrlRlk3

12:12 pm · December 16, 2021

IHCO

@IHCO_coophealth

How cooperatives can deliver integrated health and social care #healthcoops #coops #worldcoopcongress icaworldcoopcongress.coop/sto… pic.twitter.com/qPKB0aZCwo

8:41 am · December 10, 2021

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Online General Assembly 2021

On 27 October, delegates from 10 countries met online for the IHCO General Assembly. Prominent on the meeting’s agenda was… Read More »Online General Assembly 2021

United Nations acknowledges the role of health cooperatives in the pandemic

«The covid-19 pandemic has led to a sudden and massive increase in demand for health services, and health cooperatives in… Read More »United Nations acknowledges the role of health cooperatives in the pandemic

Community-based health financing in India

Health insurance in India is affected by a lack of awareness, affordability and trust in the insurance providers, as the… Read More »Community-based health financing in India

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