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Health Reform: Turning away from the Solidarity Principle, by Hans-Ulrich Deppe

Neoliberal economic and labor market policy, stagnating working income and continuing mass unemployment have withered the extent of employment paying into social security the next financing crisis of health insurance is pre-programmed. Health Reform: Turning away from the Solidarity Principle by Hans-Ulrich Deppe In many areas of the public sector of society, changes are nowContinue reading “Health Reform: Turning away from the Solidarity Principle, by Hans-Ulrich Deppe”

The Cuenca Declaration

Coming from 82 countries around the world, 1492 people met at the Second People’s Health Assembly in Cuenca, Ecuador from 17th to 22nd July 2005, to analyse global health problems and to develop strategies to promote Health for all. Overwhelmingly we reaffirmed the continuing importance of the People’s Charter for Health (2000) and saw itContinue reading “The Cuenca Declaration”

Global Health Watch launched the 20th of July at PHA2, Cuenca

The Global Health Watch is a call to all health workers to broaden and strengthen the global community of health advocates who are taking action on global ill-health and inequalities, and their underlying political and economic determinants. The Global Health Watch is a broad collaboration of public health experts, non-governmental organisations, civil society activists, communityContinue reading “Global Health Watch launched the 20th of July at PHA2, Cuenca”

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”