PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #39: Struggles for healthier world continue: from local to global

[Health PD]

This fortnight Health workers around the world are intensifying action for
better working conditions. After strikes in the primary health care system
in Madrid and announcements of industrial action by nurses in Portugal ,
health workers in Scotland and Greece [https://

Bulletin #39: Struggles for healthier world continue: from local to global
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This fortnight

Health workers around the world are intensifying action for better working
conditions. After strikes in the primary health care system in Madrid and
announcements of industrial action by nurses in Portugal
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/21/nurses-in-portugal-demand-wages-at-par-with-employees-in-public-administration/>,
health workers in Scotland
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/29/nhs-unions-to-vote-on-new-pay-deal-proposed-by-scottish-government/>and
Greece
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/30/health-workers-in-greece-protest-casualization-of-doctors-in-public-hospitals/>are
looking to protect their workplaces in the public health system.

The struggle for better health systems is not limited to health
institutions. It is also taking place in schools, universities, and at the
policy-making level. Faculty of primary health care and public health at
the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/25/global-health-education-in-greece-threatened-by-commodification/>in
Greece is fighting to keep the programs tuition-free and accessible to
students from different backgrounds.

In Egypt
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/25/better-health-in-egypt-will-not-be-achieved-through-technical-improvements-alone/>,
a lack of government investment in public health continues to undercut
quality health care. In combination with poor social determinants of health
and insufficient space for organizing, this has led to hurdles in access to
care, particularly in poorer regions.

The health system in Malaysia <https://youtu.be/rwikiGSzmwk>is more
successful in addressing the people’s health needs, yet there remains space
for improvement. We met with Lim Chee Han from Third World Network to
discuss their recent analysis of the Malaysian health system and possible
places for intervention.

Reforms are being considered at the level of global health governance, too.
A new treaty for pandemic preparedness and response is currently being
developed by an intergovernmental negotiating body of the World Health
Organization. Nicoletta Dentico from the Geneva Global Health Hub
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/24/what-stands-in-the-way-of-financing-health-for-all/>
explains why it is crucial that new instruments for pandemic response are
built on the premises of financial justice.

In *Data speaks*, we bring a snippet from the World AIDS Day 2022 report by
UNAIDS.
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*Video: Understanding the challenges before Malaysia's public health system
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwikiGSzmwk>*

Ahead of the country's election, Dr. Lim Chee Han of of the People's Health
Forum-Malaysia and Third World Network talks about the characteristics of
Malaysia's health system and the challenges before it
  <https://youtu.be/rwikiGSzmwk>

*Video: What stands in the way of financing health for all?
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/24/what-stands-in-the-way-of-financing-health-for-all/>*

Nicoletta Dentico, co-author of a report titled ‘Financial Justice for
Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response,’ talks about the structural
factors that prevent adequate funding for health care across the world
  <https://youtu.be/dvbWgV1JY90>
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Featured articles

*Better health in Egypt will not be achieved through technical improvements
alone
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/25/better-health-in-egypt-will-not-be-achieved-through-technical-improvements-alone/>*

A recent World Bank report on social protection in Egypt and North Africa
focused on technical solutions for improving health indicators, failing to
consider the broader political context
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Short reads

*Health workers in Greece protest casualization of doctors in public
hospitals
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/30/health-workers-in-greece-protest-casualization-of-doctors-in-public-hospitals/>*

The conservative New Democracy (ND)-led government in Greece has proposed a
controversial bill calling to abolish full-time exclusive employment of
doctors in public hospitals

*Global health education in Greece threatened by commodification
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/25/global-health-education-in-greece-threatened-by-commodification/>*

Professors and postgraduate students of tuition-free Master’s Programs in
Public Health and Health Policy, and Primary Health Care find themselves
locked out of the Medical School classrooms in Thessaloniki

*NHS unions to vote on new pay deal proposed by Scottish government
<https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/11/29/nhs-unions-to-vote-on-new-pay-deal-proposed-by-scottish-government/>*

Health workers across the UK are mobilizing for industrial action starting
with a strike by nurses in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland on December
15 and 20
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Data speaks

A new report
<https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/dangerous-inequalities_en.pdf>by
UNAIDS published on World AIDS Day 2022 shows that the world is not on
track to end the AIDS epidemic. In fact, recent data indicates that
specific groups are experiencing reduced access to HIV diagnostics and
care. This is impacting young women and girls among others, whose
likelihood of contracting an HIV infection is three times that of men and
boys in the same age category.
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