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Giovanni Berlinguer loss. Statement by Feride Aksu-TaniK, President of IAHP in Europe

We would like to express our deep sadness because of Giovanni Berlinguers’ passing away. One of the founding members of our Association he inspired and mobilised us to share is values on health polixcies and medical ethics.  We promise to follow his way of struggle for right to health and introduce him and his valuesContinue reading “Giovanni Berlinguer loss. Statement by Feride Aksu-TaniK, President of IAHP in Europe”

Ιn memoriam of Giovanni Berlinguer, by Mauricio Torres-Tovar, IAHP President

Giovanni Berlinguer is not any longer with us. He died at the age of 90. Giovanni was one of the founders of IAHP and a great personality in the field of Italian and international public health and social medicine. Like his brother Enrico, Giovanni Berlinguer was a major figure in the Italian communist party (PCI)Continue reading “Ιn memoriam of Giovanni Berlinguer, by Mauricio Torres-Tovar, IAHP President”

Giovanni Belringuer memorial by Vicente Navarro

To the members of the International Association of Health Policy from Vincent Navarro Dear friends, colleagues, and comrades, It is with an enormous sadness that I have to inform you that one of the greatest and best human beings we have had in this current and past century, Giovanni Berlinguer, has passed away. I justContinue reading “Giovanni Belringuer memorial by Vicente Navarro”

IAHPE express its solidarity to the greek people

We know that austerity measures killed Greek people. We declare our solidarity and support to Greek people in their struggle against neoliberal health policies. Individually and as an organization we are ready to provide technical and political assistance in re-establishment of a public health care system in Greece. The executive board  of IAHPE

Solidarity and Call for Action to Support Kobani

Dear Friends, In Kobane since 23 days there are very heavy attacks of ISIS. Hundreds of thousands people fled to Turkey. This is one of the worst forced migration we have ever faced. The total number of immigrants had reached to millions.  We need urgent solidarity in order to makeane visible in the world. EnclosedContinue reading “Solidarity and Call for Action to Support Kobani”

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”