13th IAHPEurope Conference Social and economic destabilisation in Europe: implications for health Wednesday 21st May to Saturday 24th May 2003 Stockholm Sweden The National Institute of Public Health The conference will debate questions like What are the likely impacts of flexibility, deregulation and fragmentation in working conditions and relationships on health? Including: the impact ofContinue reading “13th IAHPEurope Conference – Stockholm 2003”
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UPMRC update about the detention of health workers
UPMRC Update: Monday 19th May 2003 Further to our recent appeal, we are pleased to announce the release of Mr Nasaif Al Dik (Coordinator of Community Health Projects), Shadi Abu Bakr and Ahmed Badwan (Medical Relief Volunteers). All were arrested whilst in their homes along with Dr Mohammed Skafi (Head of Emergency Services and FirstContinue reading “UPMRC update about the detention of health workers”
Stockholm 2003: Health sector reform in Palestine
Motasem HAMDAN 1) Centre for Health Services and Nursing Research, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium 2) School of Public Health, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem. 13th IAHPEurope Conference “Social and economic destabilisation in Europe: implications for health” May 21st to24th 2003, Stockholm, Sweden Health workforce in political and economic destabilisation: the interaction between health sector reform and humanContinue reading “Stockholm 2003: Health sector reform in Palestine”
UPMRC: Appeal for release medical personel
Palestinian Medical Relief UPMRC Sender: upmrc URGENT APPEAL UPDATE Release Medical Personel Wednesday 7th May 2003 Following on from our recent appeal regarding Israeli occupying army attacks on two medical relief clinics and training centers in Nablus and Ramallah, and the arrest of Dr Mohammed Skafi (Head of Emergency Services and First Aid), Mr NasaifContinue reading “UPMRC: Appeal for release medical personel”
Foundation hospitals will kill the NHS, by A. Pollock
Foundation hospitals will kill the NHS Don’t be fooled by the rhetoric: this is about privatisation Allyson Pollock Wednesday May 7, 2003 The Guardian At its launch, Alan Milburn described the foundation hospitals bill as “true to our traditions of solidarity, community and fairness”. The Labour party chairman, Ian McCartney, even called it leftwing. ButContinue reading “Foundation hospitals will kill the NHS, by A. Pollock”
Downsizing of acute beds & privatisation
Downsizing of acute inpatient beds associated with private finance initiative: Scotland’s case study Matthew G Dunnigan, senior research fellow, Allyson M Pollock, professor a University Department of Human Nutrition, Glasgow Royal Infirmary, Glasgow G31 2ER, b Public Health Policy Unit, School of Public Policy, University College London, London WC1H 9QU Correspondence to: A M PollockContinue reading “Downsizing of acute beds & privatisation”
Baghdad Central Infectious Disease Laboratory looted!
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!”
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”
