PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #24: Watching out for health in times of crisis

Sat Apr 30 13:35:42 PDT 2022

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From: Peoples Health Dispatch <health at peoplesdispatch.org>
Date: Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 10:17 PM
Subject: Bulletin #24: Watching out for health in times of crisis
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This fortnight As Sri Lanka continues to face an unprecedented social and
economic crisis, the public health system on the island is brought to the
brink of disaster. After weeks of food and medicine shortages and power
reductions, the government recently turned to the International Monetary
Fund and World Bank for help - but it is likely that loans will only come
with structural

Bulletin #24: Watching out for health in times of crisis
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This fortnight

As Sri Lanka
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/30/with-imf-in-the-picture-sri-lankas-public-health-sector-faces-a-new-crisis/>
continues to face an unprecedented social and economic crisis, the public
health system on the island is brought to the brink of disaster. After
weeks of food and medicine shortages and power reductions, the government
recently turned to the International Monetary Fund and World Bank for help
- but it is likely that loans will only come with structural adjustment
clauses, meaning more budget cuts in health.

In Ecuador
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/20/ecuadorian-feminist-movements-vow-to-continue-struggle-for-unrestricted-abortion-rights/>,
the feminist movement continues to fight for just abortion legislation.
While a law formally recognizing access to abortion care in cases where
pregnancy is the result of rape was enacted earlier this month, activists
warn that rape survivors still face serious obstacles on their path to care
and call for better, women-oriented changes of legislation.

Health workers in Kosovo
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/30/health-workers-in-kosovo-demand-investment-in-health-system-for-the-benefit-of-all/>embarked
on a series of campaigns for better working conditions and safer staffing
standards at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. Their actions are
still ongoing, with a warning strike at the beginning of April being the
most recent one. Trade unionists and activists for patients’ rights alike
are demanding a reform that would strengthen the public health system.

The People’s Health Movement announced the release of the sixth
edition of Global
Health Watch
<https://phmovement.org/en-es-fr-launch-of-book-global-health-watch-6-in-madrid-spain-and-online/>,
the movement’s flagship publication that weaves together health activists’
experiences from around the world with analyses related to social,
economic, political and environmental determinants of health, and global
health governance. We bring a report <https://youtu.be/KqVfACfM1g0>on the
in-person book launch that took place in Madrid on 27 April, including
selected outtakes of some of the co-authors’ chapter presentations.

In *Data speaks*, we bring a snippet of the EU’s imports and exports of
Covid-19 related products. While companies with headquarters in this region
continue to profit on the pandemic, the EU stubbornly opposes the original
version of the TRIPS waiver, thus ensuring that Big Pharma’s interest is
not threatened by the deployment of local production capacities in the
Global South.
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*With IMF in the picture, Sri Lanka’s public health sector faces a new
crisis
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/30/with-imf-in-the-picture-sri-lankas-public-health-sector-faces-a-new-crisis/>*

While the current economic crisis has had a disastrous impact on the health
sector, the conditions that will be imposed as part of a possible IMF deal
could bring about long-term structural challenges

*Ecuadorian feminist movements vow to continue struggle for unrestricted
abortion rights
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/20/ecuadorian-feminist-movements-vow-to-continue-struggle-for-unrestricted-abortion-rights/>*

On April 16, a bill that allowed access to abortions when pregnancy was the
result of rape was enacted into law in Ecuador. According to women’s rights
movements, it actually limits access to abortion for rape survivors instead
of guaranteeing the right
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Short reads

*Health workers in Kosovo demand investment in health system for the
benefit of all
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/04/30/health-workers-in-kosovo-demand-investment-in-health-system-for-the-benefit-of-all/>*

Health workers’ organizations in Kosovo have highlighted the need for safe
staffing ratios and better working conditions as professionals continue to
leave the country in droves
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*Video: Global Health Watch 6: Building alternatives to the forces
threatening our health, planet and equity <https://youtu.be/KqVfACfM1g0>*

The People's Health Movement launched the sixth edition of the Global
Health Watch, the network's flagship publication which weaves together
accounts of people's struggles for health with analyses related to social,
economic, political and environmental determinants of health, and global
health governance
  <https://youtu.be/KqVfACfM1g0>
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Data speaks
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