PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #63: Health workers push for ceasefire in Palestine

[Health PD]

This fortnight As the Israeli war on Palestine persists for over a month,
health workers worldwide have taken to the streets, urging their
governments to support a ceasefire. Their goal is to protect nurses,
midwives, doctors, paramedics, ambulance drivers, and other health workers
currently working under relentless bombardment. While many health
organizations have strongly advocated for peace, others have wavered in
their response. One such example is the American Medical Association, which
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Bulletin #63: Health workers push for ceasefire in Palestine
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This fortnight

As the Israeli war on Palestine persists for over a month, health workers
worldwide have taken to the streets, urging their governments to support a
ceasefire. Their goal is to protect nurses, midwives, doctors, paramedics,
ambulance drivers, and other health workers currently working under
relentless bombardment. While many health organizations have strongly
advocated for peace, others have wavered in their response. One such
example is the American Medical Association, which recently sidelined a
resolution
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c5070ba6?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
supported by over 100 medical students, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.

At the same time, health workers in Palestine persist in keeping patients
alive despite the total absence of fuel and medical supplies, while being
themselves in the line of fire. Over the past week, Israeli attacks on
Palestinian health infrastructure intensified
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/4f009d10?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
ranging from the shelling of the Indonesian Hospital to the targeting and
raiding of Al-Shifa
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/69b1a5de?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
Hospital.

In France
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a888df65?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
a new bill discussed in the Senate threatens to limit access to healthcare
for undocumented migrants. In this situation, as in similar cases, health
workers have stepped forward to protect the right to health. They
reaffirmed their commitment to providing care to everyone, regardless of
the circumstances.

In Québec
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/63849829?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
Canada, nurses employed in the public health system held a massive strike
due to repeated failures in negotiations regarding improvements in working
conditions. Trade unions have already announced a second round of the
strike during the same period when other public sector workers will be
taking industrial action, in the last weeks of November.

In Brazil
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/5e40837f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
unions are also considering action to force private health providers to
finally implement the national minimum wage for nurses.

The Food and Agriculture Organization recently published a report
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/49897763?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>warning
about the hidden costs of the world's food systems, emphasizing that food
and nutrition policies remain heavily influenced by the corporate sector.
The report suggests that governments should act fast and introduce stricter
regulations on the food industry. Yet, governments will likely have to be
pushed to act through people's mobilizations for health and food
sovereignty, similar to what is anticipated from the upcoming People's
Health Assembly
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/50ba693c?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
.
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In focus: Health in Palestine

*The Israeli attack on Palestinian health workers in Gaza and the failure
of the American Medical Association*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/3dc44166?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Amid Israel’s unprecedented attacks on healthcare workers and
infrastructure in Gaza, the AMA censored a resolution proposed by its
members to call for a ceasefire

*Israeli forces raid Al-Shifa, Gaza’s largest hospital*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/65dfbec1?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Israeli occupation forces surrounded and raided Al-Shifa Hospital,
currently sheltering thousands of health workers, patients, and displaced
people

*Israel increases attacks on health infrastructure in Gaza*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/239e6349?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Israeli airstrikes on hospitals in Gaza have caused severe damages and many
have been forced to shut down, putting thousands of patients and refugees
at risk
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Featured articles

*French Senate proposes new set of limitations to healthcare for migrants*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/772a08b3?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The French Senate has passed various repressive measures, including a
right-wing-backed amendment to scrap State Medical Assistance, a program
that grants undocumented migrants the right to access healthcare. Doctors
have vowed to resist this move

*Health workers in Québec strike for better working conditions*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/fffa850e?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Health workers in Québec join wave of public sector industrial action in
bid to secure better working conditions, personal life-work balance

*Private sector stalls implementation of nurses’ minimum wage in Brazil*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/066d0524?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Nurses employed in Brazil’s private health sector are still not being paid
salaries defined by law, as employers continue to delay implementation

*FAO warns about true cost of corporate food systems*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/df97b013?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

A new FAO report warns against the high hidden economic and health costs of
the world’s food systems, adding up to around USD 12 trillion in PPP terms,
which is about 10% of the global GDP. These costs involve environmental
damage, contributing to social inequalities, and harming human health
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Short reads

*Buen vivir as a pathway to health for all*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/acab7f5b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The People’s Health Movement announced updated plans for the 5th People’s
Health Assembly, to be held in Mar de Plata, Argentina, in April 2024
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Photo gallery: Health workers demand ceasefire in Palestine

Source: Canada Palestine Association, Canada (1), Lword, Argentina (2),
Medact, UK (3), Black Rose Bay Area, US (4), Workers Art Collective, US
(5), Health Alliance for Democracy, the Philippines (6)
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