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People’s Movement stops government privatisation programme in Paraguay

Eye witness report from Paraguay, one of the smallest and poorest countries in South America, and for many decades ruled by a murderous dictatorship that fiercely repressed any form of political opposition, is today a country in the throes of a popular revolution. For the first time anywhere in the world, a popular struggle, notContinue reading “People’s Movement stops government privatisation programme in Paraguay”

XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005

Theme of the Conference: Health policy in Europe: contemporary dilemmas and challenges subthemes: Health policy reports from the different European Countries Main characteristics of the national health policies and the ongoing reforms. The dominant Health policies in EU and the other european countries. Are there similar or different? Are the dominant policies within Europe stillContinue reading “XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005”

10th Conference “Poverty and Health”, Berlin, December 3-4, 2004

Health and Globalisation For the first time the German conference Poverty and Health internationalizes with 4 workshops held by medico international. We want to discuss with speakers from the People’s Health Movement from India (Thelma Narayan), South Africa (David Sanders) and Nicaragua (Maria Hamlin Zuñiga) and the Netherlands (Jose Utrera) political strategies in dealing withContinue reading “10th Conference “Poverty and Health”, Berlin, December 3-4, 2004″

Call for action by ESF: To defend Health and fight privatisation [english / french / italian / spanish]

Call for action to defend the right to health and fight the privatisation of health services European Social Forum London, 15 october 2005 The participants of the health seminars at the ESF in London propose that the Assembly of Social Movements embrace, as a priority, a campaign for the right to health and against privatisationContinue reading “Call for action by ESF: To defend Health and fight privatisation [english / french / italian / spanish]”

Declaration for Venezuela – Pronunciamento por Venezuela

PRONOUNCEMENT OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR HEALTH POLICY (IAHP) AND THE LATINOAMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF SOCIAL MEDICINE (ALAMES) FOR VENEZUELA, IN THE WAKE OF THE REFERENDUM OF AUGUST 15TH September 27th, 2004 The IAHP and the ALAMES wish to express publicly their congratulations to the Venezuelan people and would like to share this important moment ofContinue reading “Declaration for Venezuela – Pronunciamento por Venezuela”

X Congreso de Medicina Social, Lima 11-15 Agosto 2004

DECLARACIÓN POLÍTICA Hoy más que nunca, 20 años después de creada ALAMES, ha mostrado su vigencia, compromiso y militancia contrahegemónica. roducto de diversas debates, exposiciones y trabajos presentados en el marco del IX Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social, podemos concluir que las condiciones sociosanitarias en América Latina han empeorado y se constituyen en expresión deContinue reading “X Congreso de Medicina Social, Lima 11-15 Agosto 2004”

Allyson M Pollock, NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care

Allyson M Pollock NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care. London: Verso 2004. £15; ISBN: 1 84467 011 2 “This is a shocking story, brilliantly told, by one of the leading thinkers in the field of public health policy. Here you will learn how Labour politicians, with their cronies from the private sector, areContinue reading “Allyson M Pollock, NHS plc: the privatisation of our health care”

Public risk for private gain?, by D. Price & A. Pollock

Price D, Pollock AM. Public risk for private gain? The public audit implications of risk transfer and private finance. London: UNISON 07 July 2004. The key claim by government that private finance deals in the public sector are value for money has still not been evaluated, according to a report published today by public sectorContinue reading “Public risk for private gain?, by D. Price & A. Pollock”

IX Congreso de Medicina Social, Lima 11 – 15 August 2004

ALAMES 20 AÑOS 1984-2004 IX CONGRESO LATINOAMERICANO DE MEDICINA SOCIAL II CONFERENCIA NACIONAL DE SALUD DEL PERÚ SALUD: UN DERECHO A CONQUISTAR La Agenda de la Medicina Social Latinoamericana Lima, 11 al 15 de agosto del 2004 Estimad@s amig@s: Tenemos el gusto de informarles que del 11 al 15 de agosto del 2004 se realizaráContinue reading “IX Congreso de Medicina Social, Lima 11 – 15 August 2004”

Questioning the claims of Kaiser Permanente

Dr Alison Talbot Smith, Dr Shamini Gnani, Prof Allyson M Pollock, Sir Denis Pereira Gray Questioning the claims of Kaiser Permanente British Journal of General Practice 01 June 2004 A key document in UK government policy making for the NHS has been evaluated by Dr Alison Talbot Smith and her co-authors Dr Shamini Gnani andContinue reading “Questioning the claims of Kaiser Permanente”