PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #60: Protecting the right to health by defying repression worldwide

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This fortnight   This year's International Safe Abortion Day, commemorated
worldwide on October 28, marked another year passing in the fight for
access to safe and free sexual and reproductive health services. Around the
world, from Asia to Latin America, feminist and health movements mobilized
to emphasize the importance of making abortion services truly a part of the
health care provided through public health systems. At the same time,
reports about attacks and repression against health work

Bulletin #60: Protecting the right to health by defying repression worldwide
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This fortnight

This year's International Safe Abortion Day
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/aacec386?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
commemorated worldwide on October 28, marked another year passing in the
fight for access to safe and free sexual and reproductive health services.
Around the world, from Asia to Latin America
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/045ed51b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
feminist and health movements mobilized to emphasize the importance of
making abortion services truly a part of the health care provided through
public health systems.

At the same time, reports about attacks
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and repression against health workers providing this kind of health care
continued to pour in. While nurses, doctors, and other health workers work
towards making abortion accessible to everyone, they find themselves
targeted by right-wing groups and conservative governments – a trend that
could discourage young health workers from pursuing careers in the field of
sexual and reproductive health care.

In a video
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/971807ad?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
produced by Outra Saúde and the People's Health Movement, we zoom in on the
situation in Brazil, where gynecologist Helena Paro is facing a smear
campaign for her efforts to make abortion care more accessible, especially
to women from poor and working-class communities.

Attacks on those fighting for the right to health extend beyond the realm
of health systems. As recounted by a panel during the recent conference of
the International Association of Health Policy Europe, and illustrated by
actions taken against leftist media outlets in India, academic
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and press
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freedom are known to trigger retaliation by authorities and conservative
groups.

Meanwhile, on the global health governance level, the right to health
continues to be interpreted strictly as a matter of high-tech health
systems, mostly in the context of Universal Health Coverage. As illustrated
by the recent G20 Delhi declaration
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ea424929?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
so-called global leaders still fail to grasp the importance of adopting a
broader concept of health for the benefit of both people and the planet.

On the other hand, front-line health workers understand very well how
intertwined their lives are with those of their patients and their
communities. In the United States
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/5edca66b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
almost 75,000 health workers at Kaiser Permanente went on strike to ensure
that those interests are prioritized over executive bonuses.
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In focus: International Safe Abortion Day

*On International Safe Abortion Day, women demand access to abortion
through strong public health systems
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2088a829?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

On September 28, health and women’s rights activists are mobilizing to
demand universal access to safe abortion and an end to the persecution of
reproductive justice advocates

*Attacks on abortion providers continue worldwide
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/dfbb7c2c?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

Health workers providing abortion care continue to be attacked and
persecuted, with alarming trends registered across the globe

*On International Safe Abortion Day, women across Latin America march
demanding reproductive rights
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9c1c5b2c?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

Hundreds of thousands of women flooded the streets across Latin America,
demanding decriminalization and legalization of abortion
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*Video: Helena Paro and the struggle for safe abortion in Brazil
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e4867b94?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

Helena Paro is a gynecologist, obstetrician, researcher and professor in
the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. In a conversation with Outra Saúde and
the People's Health Movement, she talks about attacks she has faced for
trying to make abortion care more accessible during COVID-19

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Featured articles

*Looking for a health agenda in the G20 Delhi Declaration
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/91c92efb?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

After the conclusion of the recent G20 meeting in New Delhi, health rights
activists and researchers point out some of the gaps in the final
declaration

*Critical public health experts face rising maltreatment and corporate
intrusion
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/fa037b54?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

Critical public health is under attack by both corporate sector and
authoritarian regimes, warned panelists at International Association of
Health Policy Europe conference, citing examples of Palestine, Turkey, and
Australia
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Short reads

*75,000 US health workers strike for fair pay and benefits
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/47078f56?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>*

75,000 Kaiser Permanente health workers walked off the job Wednesday to
fight short staffing
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Data speaks
Source: Ginsburg O, Vanderpuye V, Beddoe AM, et al. Women, power, and
cancer: a Lancet Commission. Available:
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01701-4/fulltext
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