PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #69: Dehumanization of healthcare in Palestine a prelude to ethnic cleansing

[Health PD]

 This fortnight Attacks against healthcare in the West Bank have reached
unprecedented levels as masked Israeli soldiers infiltrated a hospital in
Jenin and murdered three people. The event might be shocking, but it
certainly doesn’t come as a surprise considering decades of undermining of
the health infrastructure all over Palestine at the hands of the Israeli
Occupying Forces. Meanwhile, bombs and snipers continue to target health
centers, hospitals, and health workers in the Gaza Strip. Heal

Bulletin #69: Dehumanization of healthcare in Palestine a prelude to ethnic
cleansing
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This fortnight

Attacks against healthcare in the *West Bank*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f93ddbad?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
have reached unprecedented levels as masked Israeli soldiers infiltrated a
hospital in Jenin and murdered three people. The event might be shocking,
but it certainly doesn’t come as a surprise considering decades of
undermining of the health infrastructure all over Palestine at the hands of
the Israeli Occupying Forces.

Meanwhile, bombs and snipers continue to target health centers, hospitals,
and health workers in the Gaza Strip. Healthcare in southern Gaza is
*collapsing*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/0ecb7785?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
mirroring the fate of the North, amid sieges and ongoing obstructions of
medical aid deliveries. Particularly affected is *women’s *
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/6f9c9d6e?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>and
children’s health.

High-income countries’ governments may not be ready to sever ties with Big
Pharma, at least judging from the most recent developments in the
negotiations on the Pandemic Treaty. Yet, health activists in Europe
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/05be412f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>are
determined to push them in a different direction. A coalition of
right-to-health groups and experts has announced a new initiative to build
a network of public pharmaceutical resources across the region.

In *Afghanistan*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/da3fe5f7?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
people are suffering from a double burden caused by decades of neglect of
the public health sector during NATO occupation and attacks on women’s
health services by the Taliban government.

At the same time, in *Argentina*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/afd74960?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
the Milei government is pushing for a set of policies that would
significantly impact health services, including abortion.

The United States is experiencing a devastating period of healthcare
desertification, particularly in rural and working-class communities.
*Maternity
care deserts*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/95ac2797?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
are endangering the health and lives of millions of women across the
country, while the closure of pharmacies is denying many access to
essential medicines.
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In focus: Health in Palestine

*Dehumanization of healthcare in the West Bank, a blueprint for ethnic
cleansing*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/6499613c?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

>From direct attacks on hospitals to smear campaigns, health workers and
facilities in the West Bank are facing a host of attacks by Israeli forces
who seek to undermine the sense of trust that people have towards the
healthcare system

*Infections on the rise in Gaza as Israel impedes delivery of water, food*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/982035ed?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Shortages of food and water in the Gaza Strip are leading to increasing
numbers of infections, while healthcare continues to suffer Israeli
assaults. The Nasser Hospital and the Al-Amal Hospital, both key
facilities, are under constant attack

*Israel’s attacks continue to decimate ambulance and maternity services in
southern Gaza*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/8a96bd14?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Israeli attacks on healthcare in the Gaza Strip continue, with violence
increasing against health workers and patients in West Bank
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Featured articles

*Public pharma for Europe, a game-changer for access to medicines*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/8da87f9b?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

A growing number of organizations in Europe is demanding a complete
overhaul of regional pharma policies in order to protect people’s health
over profits

*Afghanistan faces multiple crises rooted in failure to build a robust
health system*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/bb60f14d?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The health system in Afghanistan continues to struggle with a lack of funds
and structure while pressures increase. Governmental policies and climate
change and adding to the burden

*Millions of women in the US are being left without essential healthcare*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/83f4e804?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

As maternity care deserts in the US expand, millions of women in rural
areas of the US have been left without access to basic maternity care,
including labor wards
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Data speaks

Source: Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) Boston,
https://www.instagram.com/p/C3DQClKuP_d/?igsh=dmp5NWV3bmEwazJy
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/694f09aa?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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Short reads

*Right to abortion in Argentina under attack by government of libertarian
Javier Milei*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/4f708dca?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The discrepancies over Argentina’s new anti-abortion bill reveal the
internal fissures in the right-wing block that has allied with Milei
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In case you missed it
Public Pharma for Europe Conference - 15-16 March 2024 | People’s Health
Movement
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Health4All | Coalition Santé
Major European campaign - Health before Markets... Let’s change Europe - As
part of the June 2024 elections
Coalition Santé •coalition-sante
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2d495aa0?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
24 trade unions representing 7 million health and care workers sign letter
with demands for WHO Pandemic Treaty
Public Services International (PSI) affiliates in the Americas sign letter
to present their concerns regarding the World Health Organization (WHO)
Pandemic Treaty at the eighth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating
Body (INB8). The letter will be sent to the governments of the countries of
the region showing the strength of health workers.
Public Services International The global union federation of workers in
public services •Comms
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/8644f494?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
East London NHS Workers Are Striking for Pay Justice
Barts NHS Trust has refused to pay its mostly migrant women domestic
workers the cost of living pay rise it has paid their colleagues. So today,
they are striking to demand their worth.
•Ella Glover
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Resident Doctors in Maharashtra Set to Strike Indefinitely Over Demands for
Better Conditions | NewsClick
Discontent stems partly from unfulfilled promises made by the Maharashtra
government; Noting that despite Maharashtra’s robust financial status,
resident doctors receive significantly lower stipends than their
counterparts in other states.
Newsclick •Newsclick Report
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Breastfeeding, first-food systems and corporate power: a case study on the
market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry in
Brazil - Globalization and Health
Background The exploitative marketing of commercial milk formula (CMF)
reduces breastfeeding, and harms child and maternal health globally. Yet
forty years after the International Code of Marketing of Breast-Milk
Substitutes (The Code) was adopted by WHO member states, many countries are
still to fully implement its provisions into national law. Furthermore,
despite The Code, worldwide CMF markets have markedly expanded. In this
paper, we adopt Brazil as a case study to understand the power of the baby
food industry’s marketing and corporate political activity, and how this
influences the country’s ‘first-food system’ in ways that promote and
sustain CMF consumption. Methods We used a case study design, drawing data
from from documents and key informant interviews (N = 10). Results
Breastfeeding rates plummeted in Brazil to a historic low in the 1970s. A
resurgence in breastfeeding from the mid-1980s onwards reflected
strengthening political commitment for a national policy framework and
breastfeeding protection law, resulting in-turn, from collective actions by
breastfeeding coalitions, advocates, and mothers. Yet more recently,
improvements in breastfeeding have plateaued in Brazil, while the industry
grew CMF sales in Brazil by 750% between 2006 and 20. As regulations
tightened, the industry has more aggressively promoted CMF for older
infants and young children, as well as specialised formulas. The baby food
industry is empowered through association with powerful industry groups,
and employs lobbyists with good access to policymakers. The industry has
captured the pediatric profession in Brazil through its long-standing
association with the Brazilian Society of Pediatrics. Conclusion Brazil
illustrates how the baby food industry uses marketing and political
activity to promote and sustain CMF markets, to the detriment of
breastfeeding. Our results demonstrate that this industry requires much
greater scrutiny by regulators.
BioMed Central •Cindy Alejandra Pachón Robles
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Boston pharmacy desert due to capitalist competition, not theft
Roxbury is the heart of Boston’s Black community, and this marks the fourth
in a recent series of closures throughout predominantly Black and brown
working class neighborhoods of Boston.
Liberation News •Conner Ramirez McGinley and Saleem Hallal
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e7afb79d?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
The Political Determinants of Health Inequity - Another End of the World is
Possible - Centre for Development and the Environment
Ten years ago, The Lancet-UiO Commission on Global Governance for Health
released a report on the political origins of health inequity. In this
blog, Remco van de Pas takes stock of the commission’s main themes and
recommendations, and suggests some alternative pathways.
Centre for Development and the Environment •Remco van de Pas
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/16ad6b1f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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People's Health Movement*
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