Submissions for papers’ presentations are now open. To submit the abstract for the 19th IAHPE Conference please fill the form here or use the QR code below. Every capitalist epoch has its own characteristics of struggles for health, social justice, and access to health care. The beginning of the decade has been over-shadowed by increasedContinue reading “SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS – 19th IAHPE Conference: Capitalism, Pandemics, and Public Health (21-24 September 2023, Thessaloniki, Greece) | Deadline on 31 May 2023”
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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.
Urgent call: The antidemocratic shift in Turkey is not only a turkish problem
Dear friends, The situation in Turkey is getting worse. A big wave of hunting and sacking people from their jobs is growing. The fact is that, contrary to the propaganda speaking about Gulen people, the majority of the sacked and threatened people are progressive and left wing activists. The news are that 41 more persons that signed the petitionContinue reading “Urgent call: The antidemocratic shift in Turkey is not only a turkish problem”
Turkey purge: ‘strong academic institutions cannot emerge in a climate of fear’
Academics in Turkey are scared, and they have every reason to be, says Serdar Değirmencioğlu Those who are concerned about the higher education system in Turkey were stunned when 1,577 deans were recently asked to resign immediately. Even more shocking was that not a single dean resisted this demand. Rectors were summoned to Ankara by the Higher EducationContinue reading “Turkey purge: ‘strong academic institutions cannot emerge in a climate of fear’”
Statement in memory of Dr. Quentin Young, 1923-2016
Dr. Quentin D. Young, who served as national coordinator of Physicians for a National Health Program from 1992-2014, and who also served the organization’s past president, died on March 7 in Berkeley, Calif., where he had been under the watchful eyes and care of his daughters and other family members. He was 92. In additionContinue reading “Statement in memory of Dr. Quentin Young, 1923-2016”
La Crisis de los Refugiados y los riesgos para la Salud: Hay que actuar de inmediato
La crisis de los refugiados que pueblan los mares, fronteras y países se extiende como una mancha física y moral por toda Europa. Las causas han sido analizadas y conocidas por todos y tienen que ver con los conflictos de intereses geoestratégicos relacionados con el control del petróleo, el comercio internacional y los intentos deContinue reading “La Crisis de los Refugiados y los riesgos para la Salud: Hay que actuar de inmediato”
Ιn memoriam of Giovanni Berlinguer, by Mauricio Torres-Tovar, IAHP President
Giovanni Berlinguer is not any longer with us. He died at the age of 90. Giovanni was one of the founders of IAHP and a great personality in the field of Italian and international public health and social medicine. Like his brother Enrico, Giovanni Berlinguer was a major figure in the Italian communist party (PCI)Continue reading “Ιn memoriam of Giovanni Berlinguer, by Mauricio Torres-Tovar, IAHP President”
Giovanni Belringuer memorial by Vicente Navarro
To the members of the International Association of Health Policy from Vincent Navarro Dear friends, colleagues, and comrades, It is with an enormous sadness that I have to inform you that one of the greatest and best human beings we have had in this current and past century, Giovanni Berlinguer, has passed away. I justContinue reading “Giovanni Belringuer memorial by Vicente Navarro”
Solidarity and Call for Action to Support Kobani
Dear Friends, In Kobane since 23 days there are very heavy attacks of ISIS. Hundreds of thousands people fled to Turkey. This is one of the worst forced migration we have ever faced. The total number of immigrants had reached to millions. We need urgent solidarity in order to makeane visible in the world. EnclosedContinue reading “Solidarity and Call for Action to Support Kobani”
DrC. Miguel Márquez (1934-2014)
OBITUARY (following in spanish) Last February 3, 2014, Professor of Merit and Dr C . Miguel Marquez died, just a month before his 80th birthday . He was born in Cuenca, Ecuador, on March 23, 1934. He was a recognized Latin American public health expert, a dear friend of Cuba, and a man of extraordinaryContinue reading “DrC. Miguel Márquez (1934-2014)”
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