PHM-Exch> Fwd: Bulletin #85: Floods loom in Gaza, health workers resist worldwide

Thu Sep 26 09:14:01 PDT 2024

 This fortnight As colder weather approaches, the risk of flooding in Gaza
is rising, where water and sewage infrastructure has been devastated by
Israeli attacks. Thousands of displaced people are now living in high-risk
areas, raising concerns about further outbreaks of waterborne and
vector-borne diseases. Meanwhile, Israeli assaults on healthcare continue,
with the death toll among health workers reaching unprecedented levels. In
the Philippines, health workers are at the forefront of the f

Bulletin #85: Floods loom in Gaza, health workers resist worldwide
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This fortnight

As colder weather approaches, the risk of flooding
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/84033351?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>in
Gaza is rising, where water and sewage infrastructure has been devastated
by Israeli attacks. Thousands of displaced people are now living in
high-risk areas, raising concerns about further outbreaks of waterborne and
vector-borne diseases. Meanwhile, Israeli assaults on healthcare continue,
with the death toll among health workers
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/0109cd68?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>
reaching unprecedented levels.

In the Philippines
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/03f6781f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
health workers are at the forefront of the fight against the privatization
of healthcare, while also facing government repression. Red-tagging of
health professionals puts them at risk of imprisonment, violence, and even
death as they continue to defend the right to health.

Serbia
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b701a21a?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>’s
public pharmacies are similarly under threat of privatization, the latest
step in the dismantling of a health system rooted in socialist principles.
Workers and patients are standing in opposition to this ongoing process.

In London, activists protested outside Gilead Sciences, demanding the
company make its groundbreaking HIV drug lenacapavir
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/0912b9c2?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>affordable
for the Global South by allowing generic production. Despite the drug’s
potential, Gilead remains focused on profit.

In the latest episode of *Charter4Health*
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/64be7ff7?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>,
Miguel Garcia interviews Vivian Camacho, National Director of Traditional
Medicine in Bolivia’s Ministry of Health, discussing the importance of
ancestral knowledge and traditional medicine.
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In focus: Health in PalestineFears of flooding add to Gaza’s health crisis
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International networks warn of looming public health threats from potential
flooding in Gaza, as Israel continues to block hospital deliveries and
obstruct medical evacuations
Death toll of Gaza’s health workers crosses 1,000
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A new report from the Palestinian Ministry of Health warns that over 1,000
health workers in Gaza have been killed by Israeli forces since October
2023. Meanwhile, a severe shortage of essential hygiene supplies continues
to exacerbate the health crisis
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Featured articlesFilipino health workers stand up against state repression
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Health workers in the Philippines are fighting for a just healthcare system
while facing state repression, highlights a recent discussion by Viva
Salud, Quinoa, and ICHRP
Can Serbia “cure” its public pharmacies?
<https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/3db07089?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a>

Pharmacy services in Serbia have become entirely profit-driven, with the
needs of the population pushed aside
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Short readsLondon activists push Gilead to lower price of new HIV drug
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Protesters condemn Gilead for prioritizing exorbitant profits over public
health, accusing the pharmaceutical company of obstructing widespread
generic production of new HIV drug lenacapavir
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Podcast: Charter4HealthAncestral knowledge and traditional medicine
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In the latest episode of *Charter4Health*, we explore the topic of
traditional medicine and ancestral knowledge with Vivian Camacho, a Quechua
physician and health activist. Tune in to hear her insights on ancestral
knowledge and her work as National Director of Traditional Medicine in
Bolivia’s Ministry of Health
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