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First Year of Pandemic in Turkey: Nature, Humanity and Our Future

The Turkish Medical Association (TMA) organizes a webinar on the first year of pandemic in Turkey, from 11 to 20 March. You can find the programme and details for joining the webinar here

The Pandemic and Privatisation – how to fight back

The pandemic has been a goldmine for private contractors and management consultants. But while the private sector (not least Tory ministers’ chums and donors) celebrate their new-found riches, the fiascos of failed private services have been exposed to millions. Privatised test and trace systems have become byword for failure, just as poor standards of hospitalContinue reading “The Pandemic and Privatisation – how to fight back”

Dr Şeyhmus Gökalp and the threat to Autonomy of TMA

Support Academic Freedom for Boğaziçi University Students and Faculty

Turkey’s AKP government continues to undermine the rights and freedoms of individuals as well as the principle of autonomy of universities and civic organizations. Most recently, Turkish police have attacked and detained dozens of students who peacefully protested the AKP’s attempt to assert political control over Boğaziçi University in İstanbul. On January 1, 2021, PresidentContinue reading “Support Academic Freedom for Boğaziçi University Students and Faculty”

Public Policy and Health in the Trump era

Thursday, February 11 Live program begins at 12 noon EST Join via Zoom Click here to RSVP Those who RSVP will receive a reminder to join shortly before the program begins. You are invited to the global launch event of the Lancet Commission on publicpolicy and health in the Trump era. The Lancet Commission on public policy and health inContinue reading “Public Policy and Health in the Trump era”

Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, member of the Turkish Medical Association, is arrested!

Dr. Gökalp is an elected member of High Disciplinary Committee of Turkish Medical Association 2020-2022. He was an elected member of Central Council of Turkish Medical Association during 2014-2018. Dr. Gökalp is a very well known physician. On 20th of November he was taken into custody from his home where he lives with her wifeContinue reading “Dr. Şeyhmus Gökalp, member of the Turkish Medical Association, is arrested!”

Α Vicente Navarro’ s lecture on US elections

Vicente Navarro, Professor of Public and Social Policy at The John Hopkins University, gave recently a lecture on November 2020 election in the United States of America, exposing the class roots of the actual polarization.

Urgent Call for Action on Covid-19 technologies. Statement by People’s Health Movement

The People’s Health Movement supports the call by the Governments of India and South Africa for the World Trade Organization to waive certain provisions of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement so as to enable countries to scale up the manufacture of promising vaccine candidates, medicines and diagnostics. PHM calls upon members and friends, country circles, regionalContinue reading “Urgent Call for Action on Covid-19 technologies. Statement by People’s Health Movement”

PHM’ s webinar: Resisting Militarisation of the Covid19 response

PHM’ s thematic Group on “War and Conflict, Occupation and Forced Migration and Health” is starting up its programmes with a webinar on Resisting Militarisation of the Covid19 response August 25 // 1 p.m GMT (9:00 p.m Manila / 6:30 p.m Delhi / 4:00 p.m Beirut/ 10:00 a.m Rio) Please Register Here: https://bit.ly/2CHYT5p Speakers: Michael LimContinue reading “PHM’ s webinar: Resisting Militarisation of the Covid19 response”

A letter from prison from prof. Imad Barghouthi

Imad Barghouthi, the prominent Palestinian astrophysicist arrested by Israeli authorities last month, remains in arbitrary detention at the Ofer Israeli prison camp. A petition demanding his liberation has reached more than 1500 signatories, many of which distinguished scholars around the world. We publish here a letter addressed to the international scientific community that prof. Barghouthi wrote from prison.