PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #82: Health workers mobilize amid crises from Gaza to the UK

[Health PD]

 This fortnight   After more massacres by Israeli forces, Gaza's healthcare
system is buckling under pressure. Local and international health workers
are facing unprecedented levels of suffering, compounded by direct attacks
on medical facilities. Overcrowded camps, debris, and overflowing sewage
have led to new outbreaks, including skin infections. Additionally,
Palestinian political prisoners are enduring torture, hunger, and sexual
abuse in Israeli camps.  While Gaza's situation garners most

Bulletin #82: Health workers mobilize amid crises from Gaza to the UK
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This fortnight

After more massacres by Israeli forces, Gaza's healthcare system is
buckling under pressure. Local and international *health workers*
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are facing unprecedented levels of suffering, compounded by direct attacks
on medical facilities. Overcrowded camps, debris, and overflowing sewage
have led to new outbreaks, including *skin infections*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/1746a361?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>.
Additionally, Palestinian political *prisoners*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e8c59455?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
are enduring torture, hunger, and sexual abuse in Israeli camps.

While Gaza's situation garners most attention within the health movement,
health conditions across Palestine have also deteriorated under decades of
occupation. In a new *Charter4Health* episode, Miguel Garcia of the
People’s Health Movement discusses the broader health impacts of the
Israeli occupation with activists from *Palestine*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9f721809?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
and surrounding regions.

Meanwhile, Ugandan health activist Denis Bukenya highlights the ongoing
struggle for health in *Africa*
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.

In *England*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/0abe3a66?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
general practitioners are mobilizing to protect primary healthcare amid
growing privatization pressures and eroding working conditions. Despite a
recent government change, UK health workers are ready to take collective
action to defend the core principles of the National Health Service.

*The next issue of People’s Health Dispatch will be published in the week
of August 26.*
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In focus: Health in PalestineStarvation and torture, the horrifying reality
of Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/080d452a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Thousands of people imprisoned by Israel since October 7, 2023, are
suffering from disease, hunger, and abuse
Health workers in Gaza witness “different stages of death and dying” day
after day
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Health workers returning from Gaza describe deep trauma among local medical
staff and the wider community, as they continue to provide care under
continuous Israeli attacks
Skin infections in Gaza skyrocket
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/72585afe?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Rising number of skin infections add to Gaza’s child health crisis amid
ongoing attacks on healthcare
Charter4Health podcast: Current situation of the health sector in Palestine
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ae5a92ee?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Miguel Garcia delves into the situation facing health workers in Gaza,
featuring conversations with experts including Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr.
Zeina Mohanna, and Layth Hanbali, as they discuss the urgent international
call for a ceasefire
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Charter4Health podcast: The struggle for the right to health in the Global
South from an African perspective
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/c7501521?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

In this episode of *Charter4Health*, we discuss the challenges faced by
health defenders in the Global South, focusing on Africa, with insights
from Denis Bukenya, a human rights and health rights activist with the
People's Health Movement in Uganda
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Featured articlesEngland’s primary care crisis puts GPs on the brink
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GP visits in England may soon be capped as part of collective action in
response to deteriorating working conditions and insufficient funding in
primary care
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