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Millions of people around the world have been thrown into poverty during the
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of profit. Thanks to sales of the Comirnaty vaccine, in 2021 Pfizer
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<a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/bulletin-18/" style="text-decoration:none;color:#15212a;display:block;text-align:center;margin-top:50px" target="_blank">Bulletin #18: New waves of resistance</a>
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<div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/people_s_health_dispatch_double_size-2-.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_325488068930245485m_9089497248625026594this-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">Millions of people around the world have been thrown into poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic, yet big pharmaceutical companies have reported record levels of profit. Thanks to sales of the Comirnaty vaccine, in 2021 <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/the-people-of-the-world-vs-pfizer-inc/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Pfizer </a>has secured a 134% rise in revenue compared to the previous year. The company is now looking to exploit the pandemic even more while introducing the Paxlovid drug to high-income countries, while leaving it out of reach of poor countries.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">A different path is pursued by <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/cuba-is-helping-vaccinate-the-world/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Cuba</a>. The island has recently pledged to offer additional support for vaccine distribution in the Global South though deploying more health cadres, donating more homegrown vaccine doses, and ensuring technology transfers to other countries.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The example Cuba provides in Latin America is of extreme importance for the region, where the impact of Covid-19 on <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/29/covid-19-pandemic-led-to-increase-in-extreme-poverty-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-reports-eclac/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">inequities </a>has been particularly felt. A recent webinar by the People’s Health Movement Latin America and Latin American Association of Social Medicine presented some of the problems encountered by the people of the continent during the pandemic, especially when it comes to <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/health-systems-pandemic-response-and-social-participation-lessons-from-latin-america/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">health governance</a> and community participation.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/no-pause-in-health-workers-struggles-in-nigeria/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Nigeria</a>, a strike wave in the health sector, which started in 2020, continues to persist. Pharmacists, physiotherapists, assistants, nurses and doctors alike are warning about deep-rooted inequities among different professions, and asking for decent working conditions.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Health workers, patients, and progressive politicians continue to oppose a new <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/31/strident-opposition-builds-up-to-tory-governments-health-and-care-bill/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Health and Care Bill</a> in the UK Parliament. If passed, its opponents warn, the bill would put an end to the NHS as known to the UK public, opening the doors wide open to corporatization and privatization.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The WHO recently held its annual Executive Board meeting, where Member States discussed WHO's finances, as well as its approach to health emergencies. In this issue, we bring an interview with Gargeya Telakapalli from the People’s Health Movement on some of the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZS1bGg2Cw0" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">EB 150 highlights</a>.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In Data Speaks, we reflect on gender differences in the health workforce, focusing in particular on the gender pay gap.</p><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/the-people-of-the-world-vs-pfizer-inc/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The people of the world vs Pfizer Inc.</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">During the Covid-19 pandemic, Pfizer has used every opportunity to maximize its profits, even if this meant reduced access to life-saving medical products for most of the world. The same is about to happen in the case of Paxlovid, the company’s Covid-19 oral treatment</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/2006_05_05_Pfizer_Latina_Italy_051_51092328338.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/cuba-is-helping-vaccinate-the-world/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Cuba is helping vaccinate the world</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Only 9.5% of people in low-income countries have received a single dose of the vaccine. Cuba has a comprehensive plan to support vaccine distribution in the global south to make sure none are left behind</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/Syria-Cuba-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/health-systems-pandemic-response-and-social-participation-lessons-from-latin-america/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Health systems, pandemic response and social participation: lessons from Latin America</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Latin America has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, following years of privatization and fragmentation of health systems, and low public investment in health</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/Amazon_Health-2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/02/05/no-pause-in-health-workers-struggles-in-nigeria/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">No pause in health workers’ struggles in Nigeria</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">As health workers’ trade unions in Nigeria call their membership to continue strike action over bad working conditions and missed payments, attempts to limit the space for industrial action persist</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/Nigeria_Doctors_CGTN_Africa_2.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/31/strident-opposition-builds-up-to-tory-governments-health-and-care-bill/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Strident opposition builds up to Tory government’s Health and Care Bill</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The Conservative government’ Health and Care Bill 2021-22 is currently undergoing deliberations at the committee stage in the House of Lords. Critics say it will lead to greater private control over the National Health Service</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/PA-58247597-1.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><h2 id="m_325488068930245485m_9089497248625026594short-reads" 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">Short reads</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/29/covid-19-pandemic-led-to-increase-in-extreme-poverty-in-latin-america-and-the-caribbean-reports-eclac/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">COVID-19 pandemic led to increase in extreme poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean, reports ECLAC</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">According to ECLAC’s annual report, extreme poverty rate in the region rose from 13.1% in 2020 to 13.8% in 2021, a setback of 27 years</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2022/02/eclac-cepal-report-poverty-latin-america-caribbean.jpg" alt="" width="600" height="338" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto"></div><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><strong style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZS1bGg2Cw0" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Video: In year 3 of the pandemic, the challenges facing WHO are in plain sight</a></strong></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The recently concluded Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organization was significant as it was an opportunity to evaluate the global response to the pandemic and chart the future course of the organization. Gargeya Telakapalli of People's Health Movement analyzes the challenges faced by the WHO and the way ahead.</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0">
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Moreover, the share of health in the total budget has decreased from 2.35% to 2.26% compared to the previous year.</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/themes/newsclick/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">NewsClick</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Newsclick Report</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.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/2022-02/crowd34.png')"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/sites/default/files/2022-02/crowd34.png" 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://phr.org/our-work/resources/one-year-anniversary-of-the-myanmar-coup-detat/?utm_source=homepage" 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:#ff1a75;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">“Our Health Workers Are Working in Fear”: After Myanmar’s Military Coup, One Year of Targeted Violence against Health Care - Physicians for Human Rights</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">Introduction On February 1, 2021, the Myanmar military (Tatmadaw) took control of the country in a coup d’état.[1] Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in protest.[2] The military regime not only imprisoned political rivals and dissenters,[3] but quickly proceeded to wage war against…</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://phr.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/cropped-PHR_ICON_LG-300x300.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">Physicians for Human Rights</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://phr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Medical-students-hold-up-the-three-finger-salute-at-the-funeral-of-Khant-Nyar-Hein-in-Yangon-Myanmar-on-March-16-2021-StringerAnadolu-Agency-GettyImages-1231749662.jpg')"><img src="https://phr.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Medical-students-hold-up-the-three-finger-salute-at-the-funeral-of-Khant-Nyar-Hein-in-Yangon-Myanmar-on-March-16-2021-StringerAnadolu-Agency-GettyImages-1231749662.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://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/01/29/ultra-low-field-mri-scanner-could-make-imaging-accessible/" 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:#ff1a75;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">Ultra-low field MRI scanner could make imaging accessible : Peoples Dispatch</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">Recently, Hong Kong University has reported the possibility of a low-cost MRI using ULF (Ultra-Low Field) magnetic field that is capable of detecting brain lesions</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://peoplesdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/cropped-FavIcon-270x270.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">Peoples Dispatch</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Sandipan Talukdar</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 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stop the next pandemic, from preventing environmental destruction to properly funding health systems across the world – but there is little sign that governments are willing to do it.</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>Beauty Dhlamini</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/4/2022/01/25153255/GettyImages-1217615080.jpg')"><img src="https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/01/25153255/GettyImages-1217615080.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://jacobinmag.com/2022/01/hospital-beds-national-crisis-health-care-system-medicare-for-all" 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:#ff1a75;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">The Lack of Hospital Beds Is a National Crisis</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">America is experiencing a massive shortfall in hospital beds, harmful to both COVID and non-COVID patients needing care. But the pandemic didn’t create the hospital bed crisis — it exacerbated an existing one that our government refuses to address.</div><div style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://jacobinmag.com/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>Ryan Zickgraf</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/2022/01/28095029/GettyImages-1237537344.jpg')"><img src="https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/28095029/GettyImages-1237537344.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div>
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