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#7april #health4all: Mobilizations in Europe against health commercialisation (Brussels, Βelgium – Napoli, Italy – Thessaloniki, Greece – Galicia and Catalunia, Spain| photos)

IAHPE’ s site covers today’ s mobilizations all across Europe for World Health Day. Bannering in Brussels – and then gathering in front of the national Ministry of Health See video here In Thessaloniki, Greece, doctors, nurses, hospital administrative staff and citizens gathered outside Ippokrateio and Yiorgos Genimatas Hospital, holding an “Our Health Is Not For Sale”Continue reading “#7april #health4all: Mobilizations in Europe against health commercialisation (Brussels, Βelgium – Napoli, Italy – Thessaloniki, Greece – Galicia and Catalunia, Spain| photos)”

18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης για την Πολιτική Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή

18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης Πολιτικής Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή Ευρωπαϊκές πολιτικές για την υγεία στην εποχή της κρίσης και της αναδιάρθρωσης του καπιταλισμού Η Διεθνής Ένωση Πολιτικής Υγείας (International Association of Health Policy – IAHPE), είναι μια επιστημονική, πολιτική και πολιτιστική οργάνωση, που ιδρύθηκε το 1977. Πρόκειται για ένα διεθνές δίκτυοContinue reading “18ο Συνέδριο Διεθνούς Ένωσης για την Πολιτική Υγείας (ΙΑΗPE) 21-24 Σεπτεμβρίου, Θεσσαλονίκη – Πρόσκληση για συμμετοχή”

XVIII ΙΑΗPE’ S Conference, 21-24/9, Thessaloniki (Greece) – Call for papers [eng-gr-fr]

XVIII Conference of the International Association of  Health Policy in Europe, 21-24 September 2017, Thessaloniki-Greece European health policies in the era of capitalist crisis and restructuring The International Association of Health Policy in Europe in collaboration with Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and Queen Mary University of London are inviting you to the XVIII IAHPE Conference thatContinue reading “XVIII ΙΑΗPE’ S Conference, 21-24/9, Thessaloniki (Greece) – Call for papers [eng-gr-fr]”

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”