PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #36: Outbreaks of resistance

[Health PD]

This fortnight A growing number of communicable diseases outbreaks are
adding to the worries of health workers and activists around the world. In
Uganda , the recent Ebola outbreak led to new concerns about the country’s
chronic health workers’ shortage and underfunded health system. Public
health officials and local activists have called for a worldwide,
solidarity-based response to the

Bulletin #36: Outbreaks of resistance
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This fortnight

A growing number of communicable diseases outbreaks are adding to the
worries of health workers and activists around the world. In Uganda
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/21/uganda-needs-equipment-and-solidarity-in-the-face-of-ebola-outbreak/>,
the recent Ebola outbreak led to new concerns about the country’s chronic
health workers’ shortage and underfunded health system. Public health
officials and local activists have called for a worldwide, solidarity-based
response to the outbreak. Yet, the response from high-income countries
seems to be focused on health security and protection of their own borders.

Lebanon
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/21/cholera-outbreak-spreads-rapidly-in-lebanon/>is
facing the first cholera outbreak since 1993. Limited access to water,
food, and sanitation, in combination with a health system weakened by three
years of crisis, are putting the health of thousands of people at risk.
Cholera remains a problem in Haiti
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/11/fuel-shortage-sos-call-for-hospitals-in-les-cayes-haiti/>as
well, where hospitals are struggling with managing basic operations because
of fuel shortages.

The health of women, children and adolescents is particularly vulnerable to
disruptions in health systems, inadequate access to health care and
malnutrition. Recent reports indicate that many countries are still
struggling with providing these groups with adequate care. In India
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/16/the-remedy-for-indias-high-infant-mortality-rate-is-to-increase-investment-in-primary-health-care/>,
infant mortality rates have improved in only a few selected states, keeping
the country in the overall bottom rank where these indicators are
concerned. In *Data speaks*, we bring snippets from a new UN report on the
health of women, children and adolescents.

Health activists are launching new initiatives to ensure that health
systems are better equipped to care for people. The People’s Health
Movement circles in Latin America
<https://phmovement.org/transforming-health-systems-in-latin-america-a-vital-conversation/>
are coming together in a campaign for health transformation. In Europe,
activists continue to fight for more investment in health care and health
workers. Left groups in Denmark
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/10/leftists-in-denmark-demand-higher-funds-for-health-and-welfare-sector/>are
advocating for a stronger health system as they prepare for an election at
the beginning of November.

In the United Kingdom <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvQmckwgHo>, health
workers are mobilizing against cuts and other repressive policies. We spoke
to two physicians who are helping build a health workers’ initiative
against the relocation of asylum seekers from the UK to Rwanda, as the
country faces a new phase of political crisis.
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Featured articles

*Uganda needs equipment and solidarity in the face of Ebola outbreak
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/21/uganda-needs-equipment-and-solidarity-in-the-face-of-ebola-outbreak/>*

The health system in Uganda has faced the Ebola outbreak without enough
personal protective equipment or effective vaccines, leading to concern
among activists and health workers alike

*Cholera outbreak spreads rapidly in Lebanon
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/21/cholera-outbreak-spreads-rapidly-in-lebanon/>*

Lebanon struggles with its first cholera outbreak since 1993, as poverty,
poor living conditions, and a weak health system put thousands of people at
risk

*The remedy for India’s high infant mortality rate is to increase
investment in primary health care
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/16/the-remedy-for-indias-high-infant-mortality-rate-is-to-increase-investment-in-primary-health-care/>*

India’s Infant Mortality Rate and Under-five mortality rate are not showing
any significant decline, and hence, India‘s rank for IMR/U5MR performance
globally continues to remain in the bottom quarter of all countries despite
robust economic growth rates

*Transforming health systems in Latin America: a vital conversation
<https://phmovement.org/transforming-health-systems-in-latin-america-a-vital-conversation/>*

Román Vega, Global Coordinator of the People’s Health Movement (PHM),
speaks about the need for movements, organizations, communities and
governments to start a discussion on the transformation of health systems
in Latin America
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*Video: UK health workers take a stand against plan to deport refugees to
Rwanda <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmvQmckwgHo>*

Lianna Reynolds and Sepeedeh Saleh are British health workers and
supporters of an appeal to former Home Secretary Priti Patel protesting the
government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
  <https://youtu.be/gmvQmckwgHo>
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Short reads

*Fuel shortage: SOS call for hospitals in Les Cayes, Haiti
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/11/fuel-shortage-sos-call-for-hospitals-in-les-cayes-haiti/>*

Head of health unit in Haiti’s South Department calls for emergency
measures to allow hospitals in the city of Les Cayes to access enough fuel
to run generators

*Leftists in Denmark demand more funds for health and welfare sector
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/10/10/leftists-in-denmark-demand-higher-funds-for-health-and-welfare-sector/>*

The Danish health sector is struggling without adequate staff and
resources, even as workers in female-dominated professions like nursing
make less money than those in male-dominated professions
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Data speaks

A recent report <https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/10/1129627>by the WHO
and UNICEF shows worrying trends in women's, children's and adolescents'
health.
Source: Protect the promise: 2022 progress report on the Every Woman Every
Child Global Strategy for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescents’ Health
(2016–2030). Geneva: WHO and UNICEF, 2022.
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