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<span style="color:transparent;display:none;height:0;max-height:0;max-width:0;opacity:0;overflow:hidden;width:0">This fortnight
As a new year begins, nurses around the world are at the forefront of the
struggle for the right to health.
Tens of thousands of nurses in parts of the United Kingdom went on strike in
December 2022. After years of being ignored by different administrations, seeing
their working conditions and labor rights shattered, nurses joined the wave of
action against the commodification of basic rights and rising costs of living.
We met with Anthony Johnson from Nurses United
[<a href="https://peop" target="_blank">https://peop</a></span>
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<a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/bulletin-41/" class="m_8820206313018861133post-title-link" style="text-decoration:none;color:#15212a;display:block;text-align:center;margin-top:50px" target="_blank">Bulletin #41: Nurses spark hope for right to health as new year begins</a>
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By People's Health Dispatch –
06 Jan 2023 –
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<div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/image.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto" width="600" height="71"></div><h2 id="m_8820206313018861133this-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';line-height:1.11em;font-weight:700;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px">This fortnight </h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">As a new year begins, nurses around the world are at the forefront of the struggle for the right to health.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Tens of thousands of nurses in parts of the United Kingdom went on strike in December 2022. After years of being ignored by different administrations, seeing their working conditions and labor rights shattered, nurses joined the wave of action against the commodification of basic rights and rising costs of living. We met with Anthony Johnson from <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/06/british-nurses-are-struggling-to-save-nhs-from-privatization/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Nurses United</a> UK ahead of the second phase of the nurses’ action, announced for January 18 and 19.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The grievances raised by nurses in the UK are echoed in many other countries. A group of nurses in <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/02/shared-systemic-issues-inspire-solidarity-between-portuguese-and-british-nurses/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Portugal </a>launched a solidarity initiative soon after the first day of the strike in the NHS. They call for international support and joint efforts for improving the working conditions in public health systems. In <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/05/at-least-12000-nyc-nurses-poised-to-strike/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">New York City</a>, around 12,000 nurses announced they would go on strike on January 9, protesting chronic understaffing and inadequate pay, among other things.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2022/12/21/nurses-unions-in-india-demand-active-participation-in-formulation-of-workforce-policies/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">India</a>, nurses’ trade unions are demanding an active role in processes that lead to policies which influence their workplaces. In Georgia, transition from socialism has led to <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/01/healthcare-now-and-then-soviet-georgia-to-the-present/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">deterioration </a>of healthcare for patients. It has also led to abominable working conditions for <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/04/healthcare-now-and-then-why-no-one-wants-to-be-a-nurse-anymore/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">nurses</a>. Dian Maria Blandina from the People’s Health Movement met with Sopiko Japaridze from the trade union Solidarity Network to discuss recent attempts to unionize nurses and healthcare in Georgia.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Nurses, just like ambulance drivers, pharmacists, and physicians, remain a target of oppressive regimes. After Dr Şebnem Korur Fincancı of the <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/06/persecution-of-dr-sebnem-korur-fincanci-continues-in-turkey/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Turkish Medical Association</a> was arrested on charges of spreading terrorist propaganda in October last year, the Erdoğan administration continues to pursue its aim of weakening this progressive professional organization.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In <a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/05/in-four-years-of-bolsonaro-healthcare-lost-funding-quality-and-reach/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Brazil</a>, the beginning of 2023 was met with more hope as Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was sworn in as president for the third time. Yet, the country’s health system now faces a tough road to recovery following the degradation brought upon the Unified Health System by the Bolsonaro administration.</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"><b style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/06/british-nurses-are-struggling-to-save-nhs-from-privatization/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Video: British nurses are struggling to save NHS from privatization</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Anthony Johnson of Nurses United UK explains how struggles by nurses are not just about pay but to defend the National Health Service which is at risk of being privatized</p><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-embed-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0">
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Nurses’ unions have complained that the draft was developed without any meaningful consultation with them</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/Nurses-unions-India.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto" width="600" height="337"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><b style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoplesdispatch.org/2023/01/05/in-four-years-of-bolsonaro-healthcare-lost-funding-quality-and-reach/" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">In four years of Bolsonaro, healthcare lost funding, quality and reach</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The new government begins work with billions less for the sector and faces the challenge of rebuilding primary care</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img 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0;line-height:1.6em">Şebnem Korur Fincancı, elected president of the Turkish Medical Association, remains imprisoned after her arrest in October, as the professional organization faces pressure from the government</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/01/S-ebnem-Korur-Fincanci-Turkey.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto" width="600" height="338"></div><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><h2 id="m_8820206313018861133uk-health-workers-fight-to-protect-nhs" 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';line-height:1.11em;font-weight:700;margin:1.5em 0 0.5em 0;font-size:32px"> UK health workers fight to protect NHS</h2><div style="margin:0 0 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The picture is not a pretty one.</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" 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>Peoples Dispatch</span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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://peoplesdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/africa-health.png')"><img src="https://peoplesdispatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/africa-health.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://jacobin.com/2023/01/howard-brown-lgbtq-health-union-layoff-retaliation" 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">Howard Brown Health Wants to Lay Off 60 New Union Members</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">Howard Brown Health Center is well known as an LGBTQ-focused health provider and a stalwart Chicago progressive institution. Workers say that on the heels of their recent unionization, management is laying off 60 workers.</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://jacobin.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>Peter Lucas</span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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/2023/01/02131401/FjPZz0jXEBIPtMK.jpg')"><img src="https://images.jacobinmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/02131401/FjPZz0jXEBIPtMK.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://www.newsclick.in/what-new-covid-variants-and-how-dangerous-are-they" 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">What is Up with the New Covid Variants and How Dangerous are They? | NewsClick</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">China and the US are among the countries that have been affected by the new COVID variant.</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.newsclick.in/themes/custom/digital_news/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><a href=”/taxonomy/term/8088″ hreflang=“en”>Newsclick Team</a></span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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/2022-12/What%20is%20Up%20with%20the%20New%20Covid%20Variants%20and%20How%20Dangerous%20are%20They%3F.jpeg')"><img 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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">Underpaid and overworked, workers of the UK’s National Health Service are demanding a wage hike on par with inflation</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" 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>Peoples Dispatch</span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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style="display:inline-block;width:100%;padding:20px"><div style="color:#15212a;font-size:15px;line-height:1.5em;font-weight:600">Divided World Trade Organization Presses To Delay Decision On IP Waiver For COVID Treatments - Health Policy Watch</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 World Trade Organization (WTO) TRIPS Council agreed to recommend to the General Council, WTO’s highest-level decision-making body, that it extend</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/themes/hpw2018/images/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">Health Policy Watch</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>John Heilprin</span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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://i0.wp.com/healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vujgmbtccbk.jpg')"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/healthpolicy-watch.news/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/vujgmbtccbk.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0;width:100%;background:#ffffff;margin-top:0"><a href="https://www.msf.org/people-repelled-lithuania-border-face-increased-suffering" 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">People repelled at Lithuania border face increased suffering | MSF</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">Increased border controls and continuous pushbacks of migrants from the borders of Lithuania and Latvia have an often detrimental consequences to people’s health, especially with winter approaching.</div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-metadata" style="display:flex;margin-top:14px;color:#15212a;font-size:13px;font-weight:400"><img src="https://www.msf.org/themes/custom/msf_theme/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">Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International</span><span style="overflow:hidden;max-width:240px;line-height:1.5em;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><span style="margin:0 6px">•</span>Press Release15 December 2022</span></div></div><div class="m_8820206313018861133kg-bookmark-thumbnail" 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://media.msf.org/AssetLink/11wgjcdk2e3cp12p8cv681447m24p71p.jpg')"><img src="https://media.msf.org/AssetLink/11wgjcdk2e3cp12p8cv681447m24p71p.jpg" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:none"></div></a></div>
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