Conference Videos Condition Critical: Health Care, Marketising Reforms and the Media Held at Coventry University between June 17-20 2009 The international conference, organised by the International Associationof Health Policy in Europe and hosted by Coventry University, focused on “Health care, marketisation and the media”. It was attended by delegations from 15 countries and heard 38Continue reading “The procedings of the XV IAHPE Conference at Coventry 2009 in DVDs”
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Novartis threatens Indian generic drug industry
Date: 30 Dec 2009 For decades, India has been known as the “pharmacy of the developing world” for its ability to supply lifesaving generic drugs at a fraction of the cost of those with brand names. People living in India and throughout the Global South rely heavily on these affordable medicines, and without them antiretrovirals, cancerContinue reading “Novartis threatens Indian generic drug industry”
Tobacco workers are resisting against neoliberal policies in Ankara
The reflections of the General Agreement on Trade of Services or GATS augmented in our daily lives. Contract based work, performance based payment and temporary working schedules, insecurity and unemployment are some of the results of GATS. Since more than two months tobacco workers of recently privatized Factory of Turkish Monopoly of Tobacco and AlcoholContinue reading “Tobacco workers are resisting against neoliberal policies in Ankara”
El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea
El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea Declaración de Toledo Los ciudadanos y ciudadanas de los países miembros de la Unión Europea disfrutan de unos niveles de salud y de bienestar social entre los más altos del mundo desarrollado, resultado de la acción política de los gobiernos, de la intervención delContinue reading “El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea”
Disintegrated and integrated care, by Jean-Pierre Unger et al
The authors are arguing that the negative impact of neoliberal health policy on disease control and health care in low and middleincome countries justifies an alternative aid policy to improve both disease control and health care. The authors propose social-and-democrat health policy calls for networking, lobbying and training as a joint effort in which committed healthContinue reading “Disintegrated and integrated care, by Jean-Pierre Unger et al”
World Health Organization and Radiations: Denounce the Cover Up
As the international health authority, the World Health Organization (WHO) is responsible for providing scientific and medical guidance to states in the interests of their population’s health. In line with its Constitution, that guidance must be free of all commercial interest. However, on 28 May 1959, the WHO signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) whichContinue reading “World Health Organization and Radiations: Denounce the Cover Up”
Chile’s Neoliberal Health Reform: An Assessment and a Critique
Jean-Pierre Unger, Pierre De Paepe, Giorgio Solimano Cantuarias, Oscar Arteaga Herrera The Chilean health system underwent drastic neoliberal reform in the 980s, with the creation of a dual system: public and private health insurance and public and private provision of health services. • This reform served as a model for later World Bank–inspired reforms inContinue reading “Chile’s Neoliberal Health Reform: An Assessment and a Critique”
Medical Education for the 21st Century – Teaching for Health Equity, 30 November to 3 December 2008, Havana, Cuba
IAHP and ALAMES join in organizing the Medical Education for the 21st Century: Teaching for Health Equity. This conference, will bring together health professionals and researchers in the fields of medical and health sciences education; public health; and basic, clinical and social sciences to exchange the latest thinking and construct new paradigms in medical andContinue reading “Medical Education for the 21st Century – Teaching for Health Equity, 30 November to 3 December 2008, Havana, Cuba”
FADSP is denouncing Madrid’s Regional Governement that abolishes Public Health Structures
IAHP executive expressed its solidarity to our friends of the Federación de Asociaciones para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública http://www.fadsp.org “La IAHP (International Association of Health Policy) adhiere y se solidariza con la denuncia de la desaparición de la Dirección General de Salud Pública de Madrid, sustanciada por decreto el pasado 3 de abril. Esta medidaContinue reading “FADSP is denouncing Madrid’s Regional Governement that abolishes Public Health Structures”
Health Policy In Europe: Contemporary dilemmas and challenges, a new book by IAHPE
IAHPE new book This book is an effort to describe and critically analyse the recent experience of various European countries and discuss the dilemmas and challenges that confront health policy and policy-makers in this period of time and geopolitical setting, providing concrete evidence from various countries. Specific chapters address issues in Germany, Sweden, the UnitedContinue reading “Health Policy In Europe: Contemporary dilemmas and challenges, a new book by IAHPE”
