Dr. Şebnem Korur Fincancı, Turkey
Physician Şebnem Korur Fincancı, president of the Turkish Medical Association (TTB), was sentenced to almost three years of jail in Istanbul on January 11, 2023. While the court found Dr. … Read more
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Zara Alvarez, The Philippines
1. Who is Zara Alvarez? Zara Alvarez (March 25, 1981) was a human rights leader and defender, a health activist, and the former education director of the human rights alliance … Read more
Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan, The Philippines
1. Who is Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan? Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan (September 3, 1960) was the municipal health officer of Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental. She was also the head … Read more
Campanha para a Transformação e Descolonização dos Sistemas de Saúde na América Latina
Vivemos um momento histórico crítico na América Latina. A pandemia de Covid-19 devastou os países da região devido à gravidade da crise sanitária e à incapacidade da maioria dos governos … Read more
Transformando os sistemas de saúde na América Latina: uma conversa vital
Pedimos a Román Vega, Coordenador Global do Movimento de Saúde dos Povos (MSP), durante sua recente visita à Argentina para participar do Décimo Congresso de Medicina Geral e Equipamentos de … Read more
Transforming health systems in Latin America: a vital conversation
We asked this question to Román Vega, Global Coordinator of the People’s Health Movement (PHM), during his recent visit to Argentina to participate in the Tenth Congress of General Medicine … Read more
Llega la edición en español del libro “La lucha por la salud”
El Movimiento por la Salud de los Pueblos -MSP- lanza la edición en español de su libro “La lucha por la salud: un enfoque emancipador en la era de la … Read more
Peoples Health Dispatch Bulletin #32: New horizons for access to health care
Access to essential medicines remains a daunting problem for the poor across the world. Activists from the Delhi Network of Positive People have spent more than a month protesting in … Read more
(EN/ES/FR) Statement on Health Workers in Tigray/Declaración sobre el personal sanitario de Tigray/Déclaration sur les travailleurs de la santé au Tigré
Health workers in Tigray are working in a collapsed health system. Tigray Regional health Bureau (TRHB) revealed that 78% of health posts, 72% of health centres, and 80% of hospitals … Read more
Towards a solidarity-based, quality and non-commercialized health system!
“For a unique, solidarity-based, quality and non-commercialized health system, let us promote popular participation!” Under the above slogan, the XVI Latin American Congress of Social Medicine and Collective Health and … Read more