<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Peoples Health Dispatch</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:health@peoplesdispatch.org" target="_blank">health@peoplesdispatch.org</a>></span><br>Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2021 at 02:51<br>Subject: Bulletin #7: Health in danger in conflict areas<br>To: <<a href="mailto:jyotsna.jnu@gmail.com" target="_blank">jyotsna.jnu@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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As the US-led NATO forces started to retreat from Afghanistan
, they are leaving behind a health system dependent on international NGOs and
incapable of responding to local needs. As many organizations leave after August
15, access to care will become even more difficult, especially for the most
vulnerable. We bring an overview of healthcare in Afghanistan and what is t</span>
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<a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/bulletin-7/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#15212a;display:block;text-align:center;margin-top:50px" target="_blank">Bulletin #7: Health in danger in conflict areas</a>
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<div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2021/08/people_s_health_dispatch_double_size-2--1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="71" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><h2 id="m_-2697220427992041785m_-8475448929403426101this-fortnight" style="margin-top:0;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif,'Apple Color Emoji','Segoe UI Emoji','Segoe UI Symbol';font-weight:600;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px;line-height:1.22em">This fortnight</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">As the US-led NATO forces started to retreat from <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/08/26/afghanistan-the-challenges-of-a-health-system-dependent-on-foreign-aid/" style="color:#08121a;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Afghanistan</a>, they are leaving behind a health system dependent on international NGOs and incapable of responding to local needs. As many organizations leave after August 15, access to care will become even more difficult, especially for the most vulnerable. We bring an overview of healthcare in Afghanistan and what is to come.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Protests in <a href="http://peoplesdispatch.org/2021/08/27/workers-in-france-protest-for-health-democracy/" style="color:#08121a;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">France </a>against the new public health measures introduced by the Macron administration have been branded as anti-vax. Yet, there is more to it. 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Just a few months ago, our organizations, Universities Allied for Essential Medicines and Health Global Access Project, celebrated President Joe Biden’s support to temporarily waive intellectual property (IP) for Covid-19 vaccines. For a moment, we had hoped that this commitment …</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnn/.e/img/3.0/global/misc/apple-touch-icon.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px" width="22" height="22"><span style="line-height:1.5em">CNN</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Opinion by Reshma Ramachandran and Asia Russell</span></div></div><div style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210820122552-joe-biden-08-12-2021-super-tease.jpg')"><img src="https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/210820122552-joe-biden-08-12-2021-super-tease.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://caravanmagazine.in/health/india-did-not-have-a-vaccine-hesitancy-crisis-till-the-government-mismanaged-covid19" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#08121a;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">How vaccine hesitancy grew in India with COVID-19</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">The government’s lack of transparency, unreasonable requirements for access and flip-flops on vaccine policy contributed to vaccine hesitancy.</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/caravan-b/ic/android-icon-192x192.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px" width="22" height="22"><span style="line-height:1.5em">The Caravan</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Akshay Tarfe</span></div></div><div style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2YaVfNRW48tKAUO6BaXpyVWLolUFFl9LYEma3AbS30Q2lNNbAao7mhbJ_R36p-zOZWfUZk3ohn2X7empgfZ1-uEVin5olLt7mPz2fWVS=w1200-h630-pp')"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2YaVfNRW48tKAUO6BaXpyVWLolUFFl9LYEma3AbS30Q2lNNbAao7mhbJ_R36p-zOZWfUZk3ohn2X7empgfZ1-uEVin5olLt7mPz2fWVS=w1200-h630-pp" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://tribunemag.co.uk/2021/08/how-decades-of-neoliberalism-left-the-nhs-on-the-brink" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#08121a;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">How Decades of Neoliberalism Left the NHS on the Brink</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">NHS waiting lists in England have hit a record high. This isn’t just an unavoidable outcome of Covid-19 – it’s the consequence of years of neoliberal health policy.</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://tribunemag.co.uk/static/apple-touch-icon.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px" width="22" height="22"><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Chris Thomas</span></div></div><div style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/08/19144428/GettyImages-73773088.jpg')"><img src="https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/08/19144428/GettyImages-73773088.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/2021/08/18/healthcare-workers-in-the-third-wave-we-are-living-in-the-shadows-of-death/" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#08121a;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Healthcare workers in the third wave: “We are living in the shadows of death”</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">It’s been over a year since COVID-19 first hit South Africa. Since then, many people have been living in constant fear and many have lost loved ones. Frontline healthcare workers had no choice but to face their fears if they were to keep doing the life-saving work they were trained for. Amy Green an…</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/siteicon.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px" width="22" height="22"><span style="line-height:1.5em">Spotlight</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Amy Green for Spotlight and Health-e News</span></div></div><div style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/THELLE7104.jpg')"><img src="https://www.spotlightnsp.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/THELLE7104.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2021/8/17/haiti-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-earthquake-disaster-worsens-existing-needs" style="display:flex;min-height:148px;font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,'Segoe UI',Roboto,Oxygen,Ubuntu,Cantarell,'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;border-radius:3px;border:1px solid #e5eff5;color:#08121a;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"><div style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Haiti hospitals overwhelmed as earthquake disaster worsens existing needs</div><div style="display:-webkit-box;overflow-y:hidden;margin-top:12px;max-height:40px;color:#738a94;font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:400">The humanitarian outlook in Haiti was already dire. Now, aid workers and emergency responders are having to battle multiple crises at once.</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/sites/all/themes/thenewhumanitarian/favicon.ico" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;margin-right:8px;width:22px;height:22px" width="22" height="22"><span style="line-height:1.5em">The New Humanitarian</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Evens Mary</span></div></div><div style="min-width:140px;max-width:180px;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-size:cover;background-position:center;border-radius:0 2px 2px 0;background-image:url('https://assets.irinnews.org/s3fs-public/styles/social-large/public/haiti-earthquake-aid-2021.jpg?GDzVRENrvQ6vmNgUVF39PTRs7pCbi73J\000026itok=fk-NwfMO')"><img src="https://assets.irinnews.org/s3fs-public/styles/social-large/public/haiti-earthquake-aid-2021.jpg?GDzVRENrvQ6vmNgUVF39PTRs7pCbi73J&itok=fk-NwfMO" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div>
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