<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Amit Sengupta</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:asengupta@phmovement.org">asengupta@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr">-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><br></div><div style="font-size:12.8px"><p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><i>18 December 2017</i></p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">In an unequal world, conditions of
living that promote ill-health and extreme inequity in access to healthcare
services prevents a majority of the world’s population from leading healthy
lives. The collapse of public health systems in many parts of the world and the
rising commodification of healthcare in several regions, depict the inability
of the current neoliberal order to address the rising crisis in health. Accompanying
these trends is a global order where governance for health is being held
captive by private foundations and corporations. This is the context that informs
the contents of the 2017 Global Health Watch (GHW) report.<span></span></p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Published by Zed Books and now in its Fifth edition, the GHW is widely perceived as the definitive voice
for an alternative discourse on health. <span style="color:black;background:rgb(245,242,239)">This new edition addresses the key challenges facing
governments and health practitioners today, within the context of rapid shifts
in global governance mechanisms and the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Like its predecessors, it challenges conventional wisdom while pioneering
innovative new approaches to the field.</span></p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:6pt"><span lang="EN-GB">The Watch provides information and analysis
embedded in a vision of the world and of human society that is more just, more
equal and more humane. As in the case of the previous editions, the contents of
Global Health Watch 5 are divided into five interlinked sections. <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background:rgb(245,242,239)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The section on the ‘The Global political
and economic architecture’ draws causal links between decisions and choices
that impact on health and the current structure of global power relations and global
governance. In his endorsement of the book, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Michael Moore, President, World Federation of Public
Health Associations, writes:</span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“[<i>GHW] Offers a
courageous and serious assessment, making it compulsory health policy reading</i>.” <span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background:rgb(245,242,239)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The section ‘Health systems: current
issues and debates’ looks at contemporary debates on health systems in
different parts of the world, to draw appropriate lessons and propose concrete
actions. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">“<i>[GHW] Addresses the increasingly complex
problems affecting the health of populations. It draws attention to the
destructive impact of corporate power and to the abuse of technological and
scientific developments</i>” says Nila Heredia Miranda, former Minister of
Health for Bolivia, and Executive Director of the Andean Health Organisation.<span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background:rgb(245,242,239)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The third section, ‘Beyond healthcare’, examines
multiple social and structural determinants of health. Comments </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Nancy Krieger,
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, <i>“[GHW]
brings together vision, critique, solidarity, and the promise of a collective
path towards health equity for the world’s peoples. GHW5 makes vivid the
connections between social justice and public health.”</i><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background:rgb(245,242,239)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">The section on ‘Watching’ critically
analyses global processes and institutions which have a significant impact on
global health. The final section foregrounds stories of action and resistance,
from different regions of the world. </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:black">Paulo Buss, Director, FIOCRUZ Center for Global Health
endorses GHW as<i>: “A consistent source of critical information
and analysis of health around the world. Terrific for researchers, teachers,
students and health activists. The current edition will help the fight for
better social, economic and environmental conditions.” <br>
</i></span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB"><span></span></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background:rgb(245,242,239)"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-GB">While the book covers a very large canvas,
this edition has a particular focus on two areas: the recently announced
Sustainable Development Goals; and the rapid transition on global governance
for health from a nation driven process to one that promotes the influence of
private foundations, consultancy firms and corporations.</span></p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">GHW5 was coordinated by the People’s
Health Movement (PHM), Asociacion Latino-americana de Medicina Social (ALAMES),
Health Poverty Action, Medico International, Third World Network (TWN) and
Medact.</p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">To buy the book, visit: <a href="https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/book/global-health-watch-5/" target="_blank">https://www.zedbooks.net/shop/<wbr>book/global-health-watch-5/</a>
, Copies can also be purchased from <a href="http://www.hesperian.org/" target="_blank">www.hesperian.org</a>. <span style="font-size:12.8px"> </span></p><p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span></span></p>
<p class="m_1984619003856878032gmail-MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">For more information visit <<a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/ghw4" target="_blank">www.ghwatch.org/ghw4</a>>
or contact Gargeya.T <<u><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="mailto:gargeya.t@phmovement.org" target="_blank">gargeya.t@phmovement.org</a></span></u>> /Amit Sengupta <<a href="mailto:asengupta@phmovement.org" target="_blank">asengupta@phmovement.org</a>>.<span></span></p></div></div></div>
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