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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">We would appreciate if you might share the invitation to this online discussion event, organized by the parliament members
 of the German party Die Linke (The Left), with participation of <b>Dr. Abhay Shukla</b>, Public health physician and activist of
<b>the People’s Health Movement</b> </span><span lang="EN-GB">(</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Profit driven health services harm people’s health: consequences of the
 privatization of health services in India):<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Financial Investors as saviors?<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">How funds and private equity change health services in development countries and Germany</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Online discussion<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">Financial investors are rapidly taking over hospitals and other health facilities in Germany and on a global scale. State
 development banks (DFIs) also support this development on an international level. For instance, the German investment and development bank DEG holds shares in 19 international health funds, which are often located in offshore financial centers, such as Mauritius
 and the Cayman Islands.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">The COVID-19 pandemic reveals that a functioning public health system accessible for all people, is essential<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">– in industrialized countries as well as in the global South. In this webinar, we wish to critically discuss the increasing
 role of funds and private equity in the health sector on three levels:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">- Why do development banks like the DEG foster this developement in development and emerging economies, and what does
 this trend imply for marginalized groups of the population in these countries?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">- How does the privatization of health care impact the doctors, patients and the health system in India?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1f497d">- In which ways does the rise of private equity funds change the German health system?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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