PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #79: Alternative visions of health in Zambia and Europe emerge; Gaza crisis continues

[Health PD]

 This fortnight More than eight months into the brutal Israeli war on the
Gaza Strip, Palestinian health workers remain primary targets of the
Israeli armed forces. Hundreds of ambulance drivers, nurses, doctors, and
physiotherapists have been killed since the beginning of the attack. Many
more are illegally imprisoned and subjected to torture, while others have
simply been disappeared. Meanwhile, the presence of health workers among
those displaced by the war has never been more critical, with

Bulletin #79: Alternative visions of health in Zambia and Europe emerge;
Gaza crisis continues
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This fortnight

More than eight months into the brutal Israeli war on the Gaza Strip,
Palestinian health workers remain primary targets of the Israeli armed
forces. Hundreds of ambulance drivers, nurses, doctors, and
physiotherapists have been *killed*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/1a083b1a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
since the beginning of the attack. Many more are illegally *imprisoned*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e005ca69?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
and subjected to torture, while others have simply been disappeared.
Meanwhile, the presence of health workers among those displaced by the war
has never been more critical, with hunger rates rising daily and the *heat*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c7c9f9bf?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
bringing additional health risks, including communicable diseases.

A recent cholera outbreak in *Zambia*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/dd4e3d38?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
which killed hundreds of people, spurred the Socialist Party to launch a
mobile clinic program to bring healthcare to communities. Since the
establishment of the clinic, its staff has supported public health classes
to inform communities about preventing malaria and cholera, as well as the
importance of cancer screening. The program represents a lifeline for those
who remain out of reach of the overwhelmed health system.

In *France*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/1b2d63c6?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
health is under threat from the expected rise to power of the far right.
Despite polls indicating the National Rally might win the majority of seats
in the ongoing parliamentary election, health activists believe there is a
chance to stop this scenario and are mobilizing toward that end.

More mobilizations are ongoing for the improvement of the status of health
workers, especially migrant health workers. A meeting of trade unionists,
health activists, and migrant health workers has launched an initiative to
create a different health workforce policy for *Europe*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/421caab0?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>—one
not based on aggressive recruitment and exploitation of health workers from
the Global South.

Reshaping frameworks that dominate health systems worldwide, including
international recruitment of health workers and intellectual property
prerogatives, is difficult to imagine. Yet, examples throughout the history
of medicine show that such changes are possible. One such example is *Jonas
Salk*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/aa498214?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
who discovered the polio vaccine and refused to patent it for his own
profit.

A different vision for health around the world might be imaginable but is
far from reality in the *United States*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2ed7763a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>.
Among many problems, sexual and reproductive healthcare services continue
to struggle under the impact of the overruling of abortion rights two years
ago, with poor women shouldering most of the burden.
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In focus: Health in PalestineRemember the Palestinian doctors killed by
Israel
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/2dba9ca3?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Israel has systematically attacked Gaza’s health system and killed over 700
health workers, a flagrant violation of international law
Heat brings more health risks to Gaza Strip
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a73817f2?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Rising temperatures are introducing new health risks to Gaza’s population,
already suffering from overcrowding and the destruction of sanitation
infrastructure, compounded by continuous Israeli attacks
Over 100 Palestinian health workers are still being illegally detained by
Israel
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/17a78656?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

The fate of over 100 imprisoned Gaza health workers remains unknown as
media reports on deaths during interrogations emerge
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Featured articlesPopular Health Mobile Clinic brings health to communities
in Zambia
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/52b3a150?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Prompted by the experience of a recent cholera outbreak, the Socialist
Party of Zambia launched a mobile clinic in the effort of making health
care more accessible to everyone
Health activists in France warn that the extreme right is a danger to
health for all
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f7db6126?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Social movements and trade unions in France are rallying behind the New
Popular Front, which promises a genuine alternative to the far-right and
liberal health policies
29 years without Jonas Salk: against the normalization of the absurd
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e1187009?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Nearly three decades after Jonas Salk’s passing, his legacy continues to
highlight the need for building a different pharmaceutical industry
Activists and trade unions ready to shape new vision of Europe’s health
workforce
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c3d687ad?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Health workers, trade unions, and activists are gearing up to shape a new
approach to health workforce policy in response to the current model
promoted by governments in Europe
[image: Commodification of health Europe]
Two years since abortion rights were overturned in the US, poor women bear
the brunt of restrictions
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/bf811659?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

How have poor and working women been affected by the overturning of
nationwide abortion rights over the past two years?
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Data speaks
[image: Infographic: The U.S. Lags Behind in Fight Against Maternal
Mortality | Statista]
Dat
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<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9ae52455?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/019b2a38?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
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