PHM-Exch> Bulletin #44: Health systems in the Global South stagger under impact of earthquakes and outbreaks

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ana Vračar <ana at phmovement.org>


This fortnight   Health care delivery in the northwest of Syria remains
under threat after the region was hit by two strong earthquakes on February
6. The damage caused by the earthquake adds to the burden accumulated in
the health system after years of sanctions, armed conflict, and scarcity of
essential medical products. Activists warn that the scale of relief efforts
need to pick up soon in order to avoid an even bleaker scenario. Like
Syria, Malawi has been facing a cholera outbreak since

Bulletin #44: Health systems in the Global South stagger under impact of
earthquakes and outbreaks
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2041dc53?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
By People's Health Dispatch – 18 Feb 2023 – View online →
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/4430282c?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>

This fortnight

Health care delivery in the northwest of Syria
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/0315a228?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
remains under threat after the region was hit by two strong earthquakes on
February 6. The damage caused by the earthquake adds to the burden
accumulated in the health system after years of sanctions, armed conflict,
and scarcity of essential medical products. Activists warn that the scale
of relief efforts need to pick up soon in order to avoid an even bleaker
scenario.

Like Syria, Malawi
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/fbaae2aa?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
has been facing a cholera outbreak since 2022. The situation escalated near
the end of the year, and over 1,000 people have lost their lives to the
disease. We interviewed health activist Wilson Asibu on the causes and
implications of the outbreak.

In France
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a0cab995?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>,
protests against president Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform continue.
Vladimir Nieddu from the People’s Health Movement France explains why the
reform represents a threat to the local health system, which has already
been exposed to austerity measures.

Health workers and their patients took to the streets in Madrid
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b6b742cd?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>.
Following weeks of industrial action in primary health care services and
growing mobilizations for health rights in the whole country, hundreds of
thousands of people in Spain’s capital protested against the regional
government’s pro-privatization health policies.

During the recently concluded meeting of the World Health Organization’s
(WHO) Executive Board, country representatives discussed lessons learned
from the COVID-19 pandemic and the agency’s pandemic preparedness. We bring
an overview of their agenda in Spanish
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/4df6c93b?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
.

In a new video interview, Nicoletta Dentico
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/57bf9d32?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
from the Geneva Global Health Hub explains why it is important that WHO
members consider financial justice as they take key decisions on the
agency's approach to health emergencies.

Two new episodes of the Global Health Watch 6 podcast bring activists’
reflections on food systems
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b891b955?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
and health, and threats that trade treaties
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f0f68d19?m=a33219b1-51ba-4205-9e52-d0a232aa67c2>
represent for the right to health. In *Data speaks*, we highlight snippets
on breastfeeding data recently published by The Lancet.
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