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XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva, Ciudad de San Salvador del 23 al 28 de noviembre de 2014

Informe del encuentro de ALAMES en El Salvador   Los días 18 al 21 de enero de 2014 realizamos en Encuentro de ALAMES en El Salvador. La reunión se desarrolló en dos etapas. Los días 18 y 19 representaciones de ALAMES de El Salvador (Movimiento de Profesionales Dr. Salvador Allende, anfitriones y organizadores del evento), Argentina,Continue reading “XIII Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva, Ciudad de San Salvador del 23 al 28 de noviembre de 2014”

DrC. Miguel Márquez (1934-2014)

OBITUARY (following in spanish) Last February 3, 2014, Professor of Merit and Dr C . Miguel Marquez died, just a month before his 80th birthday . He was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, on March 23, 1934.  He was a recognized  Latin American public health expert, a dear friend of Cuba, and  a man of extraordinaryContinue reading “DrC. Miguel Márquez (1934-2014)”

Turkey Passes Bill that Criminalizes Emergency Medical Care

PHR Calls on President Not to Sign the Bill The Turkish parliament passed a bill today that will criminalize emergency medical care and punish doctors with heavy fines and imprisonment for assisting those in need. Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) is urging the president of the Turkish Republic, Abdullah Gul, not to sign the bill,Continue reading “Turkey Passes Bill that Criminalizes Emergency Medical Care”

Humanity and Medicine!, by Turkish Medical Association

PRESS RELEASE 21 June 2013 Humanity and Medicine! We waited and expected from those at the top To be sensitive to a peaceful action taking place in Gezi Park… To have respect to those who firmly adopted a peaceful attitude in spite of all violent acts against them… Not to harm our citizens who rushedContinue reading “Humanity and Medicine!, by Turkish Medical Association”

Urgent Call from Turkish Medical Association

Since May 31st 2013 the peaceful and legitimate demonstrations are tried to be suppressed by the police. The police forces are using chemical gases savagely on the unprotected civil masses. Before complete blockage of health assistance to the injured people and the preclusion of the functioning of health services by the police attacks, that tookContinue reading “Urgent Call from Turkish Medical Association”

Solidarity to the struggling turkish people

Dear friends, Right now, police forces in Turkey are using excessive violence against peaceful protesters, injuring scores of people. Only a massive public outcry will pressure PM Erdoğan to stop the crackdown. Sign the urgent petition now and share with everyone: I am writing this e-mail from Taksim Square in Istanbul where peaceful protesters areContinue reading “Solidarity to the struggling turkish people”

Study reveals austerity’s harmful impact on health in Greece

Findings are ‘much worse than we imagined,’ researcher says In one of the most detailed studies of its kind, a team of Greek and U.S. researchers have vividly chronicled the harmful public health impacts of the economic austerity measures imposed on Greece’s population in the wake of the global economic crisis. Writing in today’s AmericanContinue reading “Study reveals austerity’s harmful impact on health in Greece”

The Correa ‘phenomenon’ in Ecuador: between ‘buen vivir’ and neo-developmentalism, by Mauricio Torres & Pol de Vos

One of the initial decisions of Correa was the convening of a Constituent National Assembly. The new constitution was officially launched in July 2008 and ratified through a popular referendum in September of that year. The new Constitution defines Ecuador as a sovereign, independent, intercultural, multi-national and secular country, committed to a development model basedContinue reading “The Correa ‘phenomenon’ in Ecuador: between ‘buen vivir’ and neo-developmentalism, by Mauricio Torres & Pol de Vos”

Asa Cristina Laurell Conference on Universal Health Coverage 21 February 2013

INVITACION ALAMES se une a la invitación del Instituto Suramericano de Gobierno en Salud (ISAGS) para la conferencia de Cristina Laurell sobre los Retos y Desafíos de los Sistemas Universales de Salud, que será transmitida en tiempo real por internet, el jueves 21 de febrero a las 12 del mediodía hora Río de Janeiro, Brasil.Continue reading “Asa Cristina Laurell Conference on Universal Health Coverage 21 February 2013”