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Michel Fernex (2 April 1929[1] – 2 October 2021)[2] was a Swiss medical doctor, from the Medical Faculty University of Basel. He was a member of Physicians for Social Responsibility and International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War. He was a member of the Steering Committee on Tropical Diseases Research in the World Health Organization.[citation needed] He was also president of the organisation Children of Chernobyl Belarus. His wife, Solange Fernex, was also known as a prominent member of the Green Party.
He led a campaign for the independence of the WHO from the International Atomic Energy Agency.