PHM reporting Tuesday 15 April Just reported from Baghdad on Abu-Dhabi Satellite Television News (6pm Londontime) The Central Infectious Diseases Laboratory in the heart of Baghdad has been broken into, looted and smashed. Incubators containing many dangerous viruses, including hepatitis, polio, AIDS and many other have been stolen and other containers and incubators have beenContinue reading “Baghdad Central Infectious Disease Laboratory looted!”
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British soldiers face jail for refusing to fight in Iraq
Two British soldiers are facing a court martial after refusing to fight in the war against Iraq for moral reasons. The men, both from 16 Air Assault Brigade, have been sent home and face up to two years in jail for disobeying orders. A third serviceman, a reservist who refused to travel to the GulfContinue reading “British soldiers face jail for refusing to fight in Iraq”
But he found no trace of the depleted uranium (DU) some scientists believe is implicated in Gulf War syndrome. Other researchers suggest new types of radioactive weapons may have been used in Afghanistan. The scientist is Dr Asaf Durakovic, of the Uranium Medical Research Center (UMRC) based in Washington DC. Dr Durakovic, a former USContinue reading
Public Health in S.Africa, 24-26 March 2003
Public Health 2003 24 – 26 March 2003 Cape Town, S. Africa The new Public Health Association of South Africa is organising this conference gathering all the leading academics, colleagues and organisations of S. Africa committed to the development of the urgently needed human capacity in Public Health. The conference seeks to influence the PublicContinue reading “Public Health in S.Africa, 24-26 March 2003”
Manifiesto Contra la Guerra “Primum non nocere”
Como profesionales de la salud, asistimos con alarma a los preparativos para el ataque que Estados Unidos se dispone a desencadenar contra Iraq, con la ayuda del gobierno inglιs y el apoyo de la UE. Como ejercientes de una profesion cuya razσn de ser es mejorar la salud y preservar, en lo posible, a losContinue reading “Manifiesto Contra la Guerra “Primum non nocere””
US Physicians for a National Health Program
Dear PNHP physicians, medical students and far-flung friends, A new bill for single payer will be introduced in Congress on Tuesday, February 4 (press release to follow). We thank all the members of the Physicians Working Group for Single Payer for all their hard work on this project, as well as Rep. John Conyers, aContinue reading “US Physicians for a National Health Program”
Stop the War on Iraq!
International People’s Health Council ALAMES – Asociacion Latinoamericana de Medicina Social Joint statement by the organizers of the HEALTH FORUM (2nd International Forum for the Advocacy of People’s Health as an Essential Human Need) Porto Alegre, Brazil: 25th January 2003 STOP THE WAR on Iraq ! “A war on Iraq will lead to a healthContinue reading “Stop the War on Iraq!”
WHO-DG to lead defence of health as a social right
WHO Director general elections debate The Lancet; Volume 361, Number 9354 25 January 2003 To lead the defense of health as a social right Alexis Benos President of the International Association of Health Policy Medical Dept, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. “The World Health Organisation’s mandate is to get the evidence right and ensure thatContinue reading “WHO-DG to lead defence of health as a social right”
II International Forum Advocacy of Peoples’ Health
III World Social Forum: Another world is possible II International Forum for the Advocacy of Peoples’ Health as an Essential Human Need, a Citizenship Right and a Public Good Porto Alegre – RS – Brasil January 20th – 23rd, 2003 Organization: Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social – ALAMES International Peoples’ Health Council – IPHC InternationalContinue reading “II International Forum Advocacy of Peoples’ Health”
Million Signatures on the Internet to demand “Health for all now”
Hyderabad (India), Savar (Bangladesh), Managua (Nicaragua), 5th January 2003: PEOPLE’S HEALTH MOVEMENT and INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE’S HEALTH COUNCIL launches: The Million Signature Campaign: A march on the Internet demanding HEALTH FOR ALL NOW! “In the next 24 hours, over 30,000 children will die from preventable diseases on our planet earth. Today, while the world is writingContinue reading “Million Signatures on the Internet to demand “Health for all now””
International Association of Health Policy 