PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #64: Health crises unfold in Palestine, Sudan, Bangladesh

[Health PD]

This fortnight Following Israel’s termination of a one-week truce in the
relentless attack on the Gaza Strip on December 1, Palestine's healthcare
system is still operating without sufficient medical supplies and fuel.
Despite adversities, health workers in Palestine persist in protecting the
people's right to health, even at the risk of arrests and persecution.
Their unwavering commitment is gaining recognition worldwide. The risk of
disease outbreaks in the Gaza Strip continues to grow,

Bulletin #64: Health crises unfold in Palestine, Sudan, Bangladesh
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This fortnight

Following Israel’s termination of a one-week truce in the relentless attack
on the Gaza Strip on December 1, Palestine's healthcare system is still
operating without sufficient medical supplies and fuel. Despite
adversities, health workers in Palestine persist
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c3d65efb?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
in protecting the people's right to health, even at the risk of arrests
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ea6f31bb?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
and persecution. Their unwavering commitment is gaining recognition
worldwide
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/69bf429a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
.

The risk of disease outbreaks
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/38da8e19?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
in the Gaza Strip continues to grow, especially as undernourished displaced
people seek refuge in overcrowded spaces and temperatures drop. A parallel
situation unfolds in Sudan
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ccafe914?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
where the rapid spread of cholera poses a threat to approximately 6 million
people displaced by the armed conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces
and the Rapid Support Forces, an ongoing crisis since April 2023.

Bangladesh
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/65c8720a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
is grappling with a severe outbreak of dengue fever, which has claimed the
lives of over 1,000 people and exposed tens of thousands more to financial
and existential hardships. In Brazil
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/3dc2bc28?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
the COVID-19 pandemic has pushed healthy food out of reach for many
families and jeopardized the well-being of thousands of children and
adolescents.

In Greece
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/cd3440ea?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
health workers have taken a stand by going on strike, demanding fairer
salaries and more employment. Their protest is a response to the adverse
effects of austerity measures implemented in the country over the past
decade.

At the end of November, the UN Climate Change Conference, COP28
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f8bf3eac?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
commenced in Dubai. Over the next two weeks, government representatives are
expected to discuss critical issues, including achieving goals outlined in
the Paris Agreement and addressing the risks associated with reliance on
fossil fuels. However, activists caution that the significant presence of
industry at the conference means that decisive action may still be out of
reach.

Similar expectations apply to the incoming round of the intergovernmental
negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/bc964515?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
as high-income countries continue to pursue an agenda friendlier to the
corporate sector than to the people's interests.
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In focus: Health in Palestine

*Risks of infectious diseases, malnutrition soar as Israel resumes attacks
on Gaza Strip*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/5d7f52d5?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Health agencies warned against growing danger of diseases outbreak and
rising malnutrition in the Gaza Strip ahead of resumed attacks on Gaza

*Israel extends detention of Al-Shifa hospital’s director by 45 days*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b765d5a5?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Al-Shifa hospital director Dr. Muhammad Abu Salmiya and his colleagues were
arrested on November 23, a day before the ceasefire came into effect.
Israeli forces had continuously targeted and raided the hospital leading to
the death of patients

*Israeli attacks on health workers in Palestine continue*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a0d3145b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

By targeting healthcare in the Gaza Strip, Israeli occupation forces
continue their decades-long aggression against the right to health of
Palestinians

*As medical establishments lag behind, health workers are in the forefront
of demanding ceasefire in Palestine*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/eb4d24e3?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Health workers worldwide have demanded immediate ceasefire in the Gaza
Strip, but not all medical associations are backing up their demands.
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Featured articles

*Pandemic Treaty continues to negate principles of equity and justice*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e1e6dc28?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Pandemic Treaty talks face hurdles as equity concerns, corporate dominance,
and calls for fair health frameworks remain unaddressed

*Activists expect multiple obstacles during health discussions at COP28*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/8d3ba8b1?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

While health is on the agenda at the COP28 summit in the UAE, activists
fear significant progress on climate and health will not be achieved due to
a number of factors such as the presence of lobbyists from the fossil fuel
sector
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*Deadly diseases stalk millions in war-torn Sudan*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/579b5799?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Rawia Kamal, a health activist displaced after the paramilitary attacked
her home, recounts the travails of being in war-torn Sudan with looming
threat of diseases

*Bangladesh dengue outbreak unmasks weakness of public healthcare system*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a0e1eaed?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The number of dengue cases has surged in Bangladesh with the disease’s
pattern and severity changing and rural areas bearing the brunt. As public
health facilities struggle to cope with the number of cases, patients are
facing extreme financial difficulties

*Greek health workers intensify protests for pay hike, more staff*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/612fd5ea?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Workers are demanding a significant pay rise to compensate for cuts in
their real wages, made as part of structural adjustments as dictated by the
European Troika

*Childhood obesity, the COVID-19 pandemic, and ultra-processed foods in
Brazil*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e8bc7011?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the price of healthy food, increasing
consumption of cheap, poor-quality products in Brazil
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<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/df38695a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2a0219fe?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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