PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #26: The World Health Assembly back in session

Fri May 27 13:53:18 PDT 2022

Ana Vračar
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From: Peoples Health Dispatch <health at peoplesdispatch.org>
Date: Fri, May 27, 2022 at 10:37 PM
Subject: Bulletin #26: The World Health Assembly back in session
To: <ana at phmovement.org>

This fortnight The World Health Organization is holding its first in-person
assembly since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 75th World
Health Assembly (WHA ) will last until 28 May, bringing discussions on
non-communicable diseases, health emergencies, health workforce planning,
and much more. We bring an overview of the WHA agenda by the WHO Watch
team, to be complemented by a serie

Bulletin #26: The World Health Assembly back in session
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By People's Health Dispatch – 27 May 2022 – View online →
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This fortnight

The World Health Organization is holding its first in-person assembly since
the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. The 75th World Health Assembly (WHA
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/22/who-to-hold-first-in-person-assembly-since-onset-of-pandemic/>)
will last until 28 May, bringing discussions on non-communicable diseases,
health emergencies, health workforce planning, and much more. We bring an
overview of the WHA agenda by the WHO Watch team, to be complemented by a
series of in-depth analyses in the coming days.

The WHA is taking place only a couple of weeks before the 12th Ministerial
Conference of the World Trade Organization, where further debates about the
TRIPS waiver are expected. In a new video
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/27/what-will-happen-to-pandemic-response-after-who-and-wto-meetings/>interview,
Lauren Paremoer from the People’s Health Movement South Africa talks about
highlights from both the WHA and the upcoming Ministerial Conference.

In the first days of the WHA, over one million Accredited Social Health
Activist (ASHA
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/26/lauded-by-who-indias-frontline-health-workers-are-still-fighting-for-basic-rights/>)
workers were awarded the WHO’s Global Health Leaders Award. While their
contribution to upholding the right to health has been recognized
internationally, in India they are still struggling to achieve better
working conditions and due acknowledgment.

The World Health Assembly also discussed a report on the health status in
Palestine
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/27/global-south-in-solidarity-with-palestine-at-world-health-assembly/>,
which received widespread support from delegates from the Global South.
While countries from Latin America, Africa and Asia expressed their
solidarity with Palestinians, rich countries led by Israel and the US
continued to resist the report.

Non-emergency ambulance drivers and nurses in Croatia
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/23/ambulance-drivers-and-nurses-strike-in-croatia/>
went on strike to protest unequal pay and difficult working conditions.
Approximately 30 thousand allied health workers in Uganda
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/25/health-workers-in-uganda-strike-over-pay-disparities-and-unkept-promises/>also
opted for industrial action as their salaries remain inadequate for
securing essential needs.

While many health workers are taking action in order to improve their
working conditions, a recent study warns that the global shortage of health
workers might be even more serious than previously anticipated. You can
find more on the global shortage of health workers in *Data speaks*.

Finally, we bring an overview of the recent spread of monkeypox
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/24/monkeypox-emerges-as-a-concern/>,
an event that continues to vex scientists and public health officials.
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*WHO to hold first in-person assembly since onset of pandemic
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/22/who-to-hold-first-in-person-assembly-since-onset-of-pandemic/>*

The World Health Assembly is going to discuss topics of great relevance for
our times, but in order to make necessary change the WHO must step up and
recognize the fundamental issues plaguing global governance of health

*Lauded by WHO, India’s frontline health workers are still fighting for
basic rights
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/26/lauded-by-who-indias-frontline-health-workers-are-still-fighting-for-basic-rights/>*

Over one million Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) workers have been
awarded the WHO’s Global Health Leaders Award, recognizing their role in
ensuring access to care in a health system that is still widely
inaccessible, and increasingly privatized

*Global South in solidarity with Palestine at World Health Assembly
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/27/global-south-in-solidarity-with-palestine-at-world-health-assembly/>*

Delegates from the Global South expressed solidarity with Palestine during
a discussion on a report on the health status in occupied Palestine and the
occupied Syrian Golan

*Ambulance drivers and nurses strike in Croatia
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/23/ambulance-drivers-and-nurses-strike-in-croatia/>*

Non-emergency ambulance drivers and nurses in eight counties of Croatia
held a strike on the grounds of pay disparity
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Short reads

*Health workers in Uganda strike over pay disparities and unkept promises
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/25/health-workers-in-uganda-strike-over-pay-disparities-and-unkept-promises/>*

A strike by allied health workers in Uganda has led nurses and physicians
to announce industrial action too in case the government fails to live up
to its promises of increasing salaries

*Monkeypox emerges as a concern
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/24/monkeypox-emerges-as-a-concern/>*

The rare viral disease’s spread in different populations outside Africa has
alarmed scientists and investigations are on to ascertain the reasons
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*Video: What will happen to pandemic response after WHO and WTO meetings?
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/05/27/what-will-happen-to-pandemic-response-after-who-and-wto-meetings/>*

Lauren Paremoer from the People’s Health Movement South Africa talks about
how the recent World Health Assembly and the Ministerial Conference of the
WTO will have a major role in deciding the course of the response in case
of new health emergencies and pandemics
  <https://youtu.be/p-Tdj_8lEtw>
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Data speaks
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