PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #76: More hospitals raided in Gaza; floods cause public health concerns in Brazil

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 This fortnight In over seven months of continuous attacks on healthcare in
Gaza, Israel has decimated Palestinian care capacities. On Nakba Day 2024,
Israeli armed forces continued targeting hospitals and health workers,
forcing even more health centers to shut down. Health organizations in Gaza
warned that no amount of field hospitals can replace the infrastructure
destroyed so far, and rebuilding will be impossible without an immediate
ceasefire and an end to the occupation. In Rio Grande do

Bulletin #76: More hospitals raided in Gaza; floods cause public health
concerns in Brazil
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This fortnight

In over seven months of continuous attacks on healthcare in Gaza, Israel
has decimated Palestinian care capacities. On *Nakba Day 2024*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/473d57f7?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
Israeli armed forces continued targeting hospitals and health workers,
forcing even more *health centers*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f277ea15?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
to shut down. Health organizations in Gaza warned that no amount of field
hospitals can replace the infrastructure destroyed so far, and rebuilding
will be impossible without an immediate ceasefire and an end to the
occupation.

In *Rio Grande do Sul*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/3692f5aa?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
Brazil, devastating floods have destroyed vast areas of land, raising
significant public health concerns in the aftermath. Outra Saúde met with
Sérgio Rossi from the Health, Environment, and Climate Change Center to
discuss the most immediate needs and the urgent necessity of implementing a
National Environmental Health Policy.

On May 12, health workers and trade unions marked another *Nurses’ Day*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b7829a83?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>.
While governments worldwide extended their congratulations and appreciation
to the nursing workforce, these gestures were overshadowed by austerity
measures, pay cuts, and the brain drain of health professionals.
Additionally, as ministers and health officials celebrated nurses, they
failed to address the demands of other essential workers.

This includes community health workers, who continue to work in extremely
precarious conditions in many countries of the Global South - including
South Africa. Western Cape’s community health workers, who continue to
fight for fair employment, recently took to the streets with the support of
the People's Health Movement.
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In focus: Health in PalestineOn Nakba Day, Israel kills more health workers
in Gaza, forces field hospitals to shut down
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As Nakba Day is commemorated, Israeli forces killed another health worker
and continued to threaten health services in the Gaza Strip
Emirati Maternity Hospital in Gaza stops admitting patients, deepening the
health crisis
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As Israel shuts down border crossings and continues to threaten an invasion
of Rafah, the few remaining hospitals in the Gaza Strip are preparing to
stop admissions
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Featured articlesHealth in times of climate chaos: floods in Rio Grande do
Sul
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Floods in Rio Grande do Sul call for immediate interventions to tackle
health effects and long-term mental health repercussions. Calls to
implement a National Environmental Health Policy increase among researchers
and activists
On Nurses Day, struggles continue for better conditions amid unfulfilled
promises
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Ahead of another International Nurses Day on May 12, health workers
continue to struggle for fair working conditions and safe staffing levels
in the sector
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Photo gallery: Community health workers protest in Western Cape

Source: People's Health Movement (PHM) South Africa
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Data speaks
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public services •Baba Aye
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‘I now understand how genocides happen’
Surgeon Ghassan Abu-Sittah talks to Bethany Rielly about healthcare as
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