PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #29: Violence against health workers and rights persists

[Health PD]

This fortnight Violence against health workers and health infrastructure
continues to add to the overall burden  in regions plagued by wars and
armed conflict. The Israeli occupation of Palestine is one of the cases
where the effects of this are easiest to see: in 2021, Israeli Occupying
Forces (IOF) injured more than 60 health workers and damaged over 30 health
facilities. We bring more in Da

Bulletin #29: Violence against health workers and rights persists
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By People's Health Dispatch – 08 Jul 2022 – View online →
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This fortnight

Violence against health workers and health infrastructure continues
<https://reliefweb.int/report/world/unrelenting-violence-violence-against-health-care-conflict-2021-0>
to add to the overall burden  in regions plagued by wars and armed
conflict. The Israeli occupation of Palestine is one of the cases where the
effects of this are easiest to see: in 2021, Israeli Occupying Forces (IOF)
injured more than 60 health workers and damaged over 30 health facilities.
We bring more in *Data speaks*.

Palestinians’ right to health remains undermined by different forms of
oppression, including the 15-year blockade of Gaza
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/26/palestinians-suffer-inhumane-health-conditions-under-the-15-year-blockade-of-gaza/>,
which has led to widespread inability to access necessary care. The IOF
also target Palestinian activists, including those involved in the
protection of basic rights like education and health, in an attempt to
crush the people’s spirit. We met with Palestinian nurse and health
activist Shatha Odeh
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/08/11-months-in-israeli-prison-shatha-odehs-struggle-for-basic-rights/>
to hear about her experience during 11 months she spent in an Israeli
prison.

First line health respondents in Ecuador
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/05/national-strike-in-ecuador-was-also-a-strike-for-peoples-health/>supported
the recent national strike by marching along with Indigenous and
Afro-descendant communities. While the agreement between the organizers of
the strike and the government gives hope for improvement of social and
environmental determinants of health, the need remains for strengthening
the health system as well.

Proof that health systems based on people’s rights, rather than private
interests, lead to impressive outcomes doesn’t stop flowing in from Cuba
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/06/how-cuba-is-eradicating-child-mortality-and-banishing-the-diseases-of-the-poor/>.
By making people’s health a priority and investing in a well-organized,
widespread Primary Health Care network, Cuba was able to drastically reduce
infant mortality and the toll of diseases associated with poverty.

At the same time, the US
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/30/us-abortion-rights-struck-down-what-now/>continues
to move in a completely different direction after the Supreme Court struck
down Roe v. Wade ruling and, by doing so, removed federal protection of the
right to abortion. The move has already led to abortion bans in several
states, and is expected to worsen existing health and socioeconomic
inequities.

Because of the wavering action on the level of global health governance, it
continues to be near impossible to strengthen generic production of medical
devices due to the absence of a standardized nomenclature
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/08/nomenclature-system-for-medical-devices-could-promote-equity-and-accessibility/>
system. At the same time, differences in access to Covid-19 vaccines,
tests, and therapeutics persist - and a similar situation is likely to
arise when response to monkeypox
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/02/monkeypox-covid/>is concerned, in
case the international approach does not change.

In *Short reads*, we look into the mental health effects of the rupture of
the Vale dam in Brazil
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/07/brumadinho-mental-illness-among-people-affected-by-the-vale-disaster-are-on-the-rise/>
.
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*Video: 11 months in Israeli prison: Shatha Odeh’s struggle for basic
rights
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/08/11-months-in-israeli-prison-shatha-odehs-struggle-for-basic-rights/>*

Palestinian health activist Shatha Odeh who was released recently after
spending months in Israeli prisons describes the struggle for basic rights
while incarcerated
  <https://youtu.be/G0TbLsFu7xI>
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*Palestinians suffer inhumane health conditions under the 15-year blockade
of Gaza
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/26/palestinians-suffer-inhumane-health-conditions-under-the-15-year-blockade-of-gaza/>*

A human rights report reveals how the Israeli apartheid regime’s blockade
of Gaza prevents Palestinians from accessing their human right to health

*How Cuba is eradicating child mortality and banishing the diseases of the
poor
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/06/how-cuba-is-eradicating-child-mortality-and-banishing-the-diseases-of-the-poor/>*

The drastic reduction in infant mortality rates is yet another testimony to
the Cuban Revolution’s attention to the health of the country’s population

*US abortion rights struck down: what now?
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/06/30/us-abortion-rights-struck-down-what-now/>*

A few days following the Supreme Court decision, an uneven patchwork of
abortion bans across the country only re-enforces existing inequality

*Will Monkeypox Outbreak Replay AIDS and Covid-19 Script?
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/02/monkeypox-covid/>*

The West cannot keep infectious diseases out any more than claim victory
over them. Microbes evolve and strike back unless sporadic outbreaks are
tackled wherever they occur

*National strike in Ecuador was also a strike for people’s health
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/05/national-strike-in-ecuador-was-also-a-strike-for-peoples-health/>*

Strengthening the health system and addressing social and environmental
determinants of health ranked high among the demands of the national strike
in Ecuador, yet provisional agreement with government leaves it unclear if
advances will be made

*Nomenclature system for medical devices could promote equity and
accessibility
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/08/nomenclature-system-for-medical-devices-could-promote-equity-and-accessibility/>*

Delegates at World Health Assembly discussed new standardized nomenclature
system for medical devices, which could boost accessibility and coordination
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Short reads

*Brumadinho: mental illness among people affected by the Vale disaster are
on the rise*
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/07/07/brumadinho-mental-illness-among-people-affected-by-the-vale-disaster-are-on-the-rise/>

Depression, anxiety, insomnia and panic are among the disorders reported by
those affected by the catastrophe
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Data speaks
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