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7 april: Health4all – Press release / Communiqué / Persbericht (en, ελ, fr, nl)

7 April: World Health Day in the streets of Brussels and across Europe against health commercialisation Different networks of trade unionists, citizen collectives, NGOs and social movements have planned a series of actions in several European cities this World Health Day (Friday 7 April 2017). A rallying cry will be heard from activists in Madrid, Barcelona,Continue reading “7 april: Health4all – Press release / Communiqué / Persbericht (en, ελ, fr, nl)”

The Need to Avoid “TRIPS-Plus” Patent Clauses in Trade Agreements

The South Centre is pleased to announce the publication of Policy Brief No. 37 entitled “The Need to Avoid “TRIPS-Plus” Patent Clauses in Trade Agreements” by Martin Khor, Executive Director of the South Centre. A recent article in a prestigious journal reminds us of how the intellectual property chapter of free trade agreements can preventContinue reading “The Need to Avoid “TRIPS-Plus” Patent Clauses in Trade Agreements”

Neoliberalism and changing conditions in commercialization, marketization and commodification, by Kurtar Tanyılmaz

Neoliberalism and changing conditions in commercialization, marketization and commodification Kurtar Tanyılmaz[1] 1- Introduction Today we live in a society where everything from air to water becomes for sale and produced for profit. From health to education and from shelter to water almost every product and/or service we know for years as “public” and as aContinue reading “Neoliberalism and changing conditions in commercialization, marketization and commodification, by Kurtar Tanyılmaz”

Commercialization, health services and academic freedom | Ticarileşme, sağlık hizmetleri ve akademik özgürlük: All the interventions at the Pre-Conference Workshop of IAHPE in collaboration with TMA (14-15/1, Ιstanbul [eng/tur]

Özgür Öztürk Trade, Market, Commodity (eng) | Ticaret, Piyasa, Meta (tur) Dr. Kurtar Tanyılmaz Neoliberalizmde ticarileşme, piyasalaşma ve metalaşmada değişen durum (tur) Onur Hamzaoglu, MD, Professor, Kocaeli Academy for Solidarity   Saglik Hizmetlerinin Ekonomi Politigi (tur) Elias Kondilis, Senior Lecturer in Health Systems, QMUL Stergios Seretis, Post-doctoral Researcher, AUTh International Trade and commercialization of healthcare services: the case ofContinue reading “Commercialization, health services and academic freedom | Ticarileşme, sağlık hizmetleri ve akademik özgürlük: All the interventions at the Pre-Conference Workshop of IAHPE in collaboration with TMA (14-15/1, Ιstanbul [eng/tur]”

Fit for Whose Purpose? Private Funding & Corporate Influence in the United Nations

For a look at how the balance between public and private responsibility has shifted, and what this means in the real world in terms of adherence to international standards and norms, one needs to look no further than the United Nations itself. A new Global Policy Forum Report—Fit for Whose Purpose? Private funding and corporateContinue reading “Fit for Whose Purpose? Private Funding & Corporate Influence in the United Nations”

Open Lecture Series on international health and the political economy of health in London, with the support of IAHPE

International Health and Political Economy of Health (IHPEH) Research Group OPEN LECTURES SERIES YEAR I – 2017: «Defending the right to health» 9th Feb– Dr Pol de Vos The Cuban Health System: defending the right to health in times of economic hardship 9th Mar – Vivek Kotecha NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans 23rd Mar – DrContinue reading “Open Lecture Series on international health and the political economy of health in London, with the support of IAHPE”

14-15 January 2017: Pre-Conference Workshop of IAHPE in collaboration with TMA (+program::last version)

14-15 January 2017 / 14-15 Ocak 2017 Commercialization, health services and academic freedom / Ticarileşme, sağlık hizmetleri ve akademik özgürlük Pre-Conference Workshop of IAHPE in collaboration with TMA / IAHPE ve TTB Ortak Etkinliği Chamber of Medicine of Istanbul / Istanbul Tabip Odasi > See here the whole program (last version)

Declaración pública XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de medicina social y salud colectiva – XIX Congreso de polÍticas de salud y il encuentro latinoamericano de movimentos sociales por el derecho a la salud

Los y las participantes en el XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de Medicina Social y Salud Colectiva, XIX Congreso de Políticas de Salud y II Encuentro Latinoamericano de Movimientos Sociales por el Derecho a la Salud, reunidos en Asunción, Paraguay, entre los días 26 y 28 de octubre de 2016, presentamos a los pueblos del mundo, desdeContinue reading “Declaración pública XIV Congreso Latinoamericano de medicina social y salud colectiva – XIX Congreso de polÍticas de salud y il encuentro latinoamericano de movimentos sociales por el derecho a la salud”