PRESS RELEASE: Friday October 1, Immediate BMA right to slam Lansley’s “deeply flawed” White Paper Pro-NHS pressure group Heath Emergency today welcomed the shift of position by the BMA to open criticism of the coalition government’s controversial White Paper “Liberating the NHS”. Health Emergency Director Dr John Lister published a widely publicised open letter toContinue reading “UK: criticism of the coalition government’s controversial White Paper “Liberating the NHS””
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The right to health for citizens of the European Union, Brussels 20 October 2010
Edificio Van Maerlant: Van Maerlant Building (VMA1) 2, Rue Van Maerlant 1000 Bruxelles The objective of the conference is to analyze the currentsituation of the right to health in EU regulations, the situation in thecountries of the European Unionand to propose a letter from the right to health of EUcitizens. 9 A.m.: Roundtable .- TheContinue reading “The right to health for citizens of the European Union, Brussels 20 October 2010”
The procedings of the XV IAHPE Conference at Coventry 2009 in DVDs
Conference Videos Condition Critical: Health Care, Marketising Reforms and the Media Held at Coventry University between June 17-20 2009 The international conference, organised by the International Associationof Health Policy in Europe and hosted by Coventry University, focused on “Health care, marketisation and the media”. It was attended by delegations from 15 countries and heard 38Continue reading “The procedings of the XV IAHPE Conference at Coventry 2009 in DVDs”
Tobacco workers are resisting against neoliberal policies in Ankara
The reflections of the General Agreement on Trade of Services or GATS augmented in our daily lives. Contract based work, performance based payment and temporary working schedules, insecurity and unemployment are some of the results of GATS. Since more than two months tobacco workers of recently privatized Factory of Turkish Monopoly of Tobacco and AlcoholContinue reading “Tobacco workers are resisting against neoliberal policies in Ankara”
El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea
El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea Declaración de Toledo Los ciudadanos y ciudadanas de los países miembros de la Unión Europea disfrutan de unos niveles de salud y de bienestar social entre los más altos del mundo desarrollado, resultado de la acción política de los gobiernos, de la intervención delContinue reading “El Derecho a la Salud para todos en la Unión Europea”
FADSP is denouncing Madrid’s Regional Governement that abolishes Public Health Structures
IAHP executive expressed its solidarity to our friends of the Federación de Asociaciones para la Defensa de la Sanidad Pública http://www.fadsp.org “La IAHP (International Association of Health Policy) adhiere y se solidariza con la denuncia de la desaparición de la Dirección General de Salud Pública de Madrid, sustanciada por decreto el pasado 3 de abril. Esta medidaContinue reading “FADSP is denouncing Madrid’s Regional Governement that abolishes Public Health Structures”
Health Policy In Europe: Contemporary dilemmas and challenges, a new book by IAHPE
IAHPE new book This book is an effort to describe and critically analyse the recent experience of various European countries and discuss the dilemmas and challenges that confront health policy and policy-makers in this period of time and geopolitical setting, providing concrete evidence from various countries. Specific chapters address issues in Germany, Sweden, the UnitedContinue reading “Health Policy In Europe: Contemporary dilemmas and challenges, a new book by IAHPE”
Challenging health inequalities, a new book edited by Elizabeth Dowler and Nick J. Spencer
This book offers a unique multi-disciplinary perspective on tackling health inequalities in a rich country, examining the New Labour policy agenda for tackling health inequalities and its inherent challenges. The book presents an overview of progress since the publication of the seminal and ambitious 1998 Acheson Inquiry into health inequalities, and the theoretical and methodologicalContinue reading “Challenging health inequalities, a new book edited by Elizabeth Dowler and Nick J. Spencer”
La Directiva Bolkestein, Ramon Serna
La Directiva Bolkenstein y el recorte de los servicios publicos en Europa Ramon Serna, Intersindical Alternativa de Catalunya – El proyecto de la directiva que se conoce con este nombre fue adoptado por la Comisi?n Europea en enero de este a?o y pretende empezar a aplicarse a partir del pr?ximo a?o, despu?s de que seaContinue reading “La Directiva Bolkestein, Ramon Serna”
XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005
Theme of the Conference: Health policy in Europe: contemporary dilemmas and challenges subthemes: Health policy reports from the different European Countries Main characteristics of the national health policies and the ongoing reforms. The dominant Health policies in EU and the other european countries. Are there similar or different? Are the dominant policies within Europe stillContinue reading “XIV Thessaloniki Conference 2005”
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