International Health
Cooperative Organisation
About Us
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.
Health cooperatives are active in different sectors.
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Latest Updates
IHCO President featured in the End of Year Review of Co-op News
IHCO President Carlos Zarco talked to Co-op News about how the last year has been for health cooperatives and what… Read More »IHCO President featured in the End of Year Review of Co-op News
New report highlights the role of cooperatives in the health sector in building a better world
The International Health Cooperative Organization (IHCO), in partnership with PromoCoop, has published a report that illustrates the many ways cooperatives… Read More »New report highlights the role of cooperatives in the health sector in building a better world