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In a jubilee year for the World Health Organization, we are still far away from achieving Health for All. For the founders of the WHO, health was “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”, not simply the absence of physical illness. Their vision did not translate into practice, and people are still denied this fundamental human right, simply because they live in a particular region or because they do not have money to pay for care.
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<div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/03/image-20.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_-750079563818244977this-week" 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 week </h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In a jubilee year for the World Health Organization, we are still far away from achieving Health for All. For the founders of the WHO, health <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/b125f4c1?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">was </a>“a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”, not simply the absence of physical illness. Their vision did not translate into practice, and people are still denied this fundamental human right, simply because they live in a particular region or because they do not have money to pay for care.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Activists around the world have seized the opportunity brought by this World Health Day to mobilize and point to alternative directions to take. Some of these included looking back at existing concepts, like Comprehensive <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/571ba346?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Primary Health Care</a>, which have been cast aside under neoliberal capitalism.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In this thematic issue of the <i>People’s Health Dispatch</i>, prepared in collaboration with the People’s Health Movement’s thematic group on health systems, we zoom in on the struggles for better, fairer, and more caring health systems. Deepika Joshi and Leonardo Mattos bring an <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/d7803e2f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">overview</a> of the most important health discussions that marked this April 7.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Ongoing social and economic crises in <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ddd960b9?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Lebanon </a>and <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/e5273d6c?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Sri Lanka</a> have brought upon the weakening of health services. Both countries are facing shortages of essential materials and funds that would strengthen public health systems.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Activists in <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/de7ad273?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">India</a>, <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/ef7d8a1f?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Sudan</a>, and the <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/97a10c5e?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Philippines</a> wage their own struggles against attempts to privatize health services and vilify health workers.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">In this increasingly bleak scenario, we can still see glimmers of hope. In Latin America, newly elected governments are choosing to push for health reforms that will put people first. The government of Gustavo Petro and Francia Márquez in <a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/232e91c0?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Colombia</a> is proposing a major reform of the health system that would benefit most of the population.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Such glimmers of hope are one of the driving forces behind health movements, as recognized by many activists who marked the health movement at local and global levels, like Amit Sengupta and David Sanders. Their reflections on the structural determinants of global health remain as important as ever, as illustrated by a second edition of Sanders’ landmark book <i><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/9f5bc142?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">The Struggle for Health</a></i>. Tinashe Njanji met with co-editor Wim De Ceukelaire to discuss the book’s importance 38 years after it was first published.</p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><i>The next edition of the People’s Health Dispatch will be published in the week of April 17.</i></p><hr style="display:block;width:100%;margin:3em 0;padding:0;height:1px;border:0;border-top:1px solid #e5eff5"><h2 id="m_-750079563818244977featured-articles" 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">Featured articles</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><b style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/22026039?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">World Health Day 2023: continuing the struggle for health</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">At the 75th year anniversary of the WHO, people continue to fight against inequities and the consequences of privatization of health care</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/04/image.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto" width="600" height="338"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><b style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/eec5beb0?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Colombia’s health system could finally see changes that put people over profit</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">The health reform proposal of the Petro government has sparked a heated debate, as the health insurance corporations and conservatives try to block it</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/04/image-1.png" alt="" style="border:none;max-width:100%;display:block;margin:0 auto;width:auto;height:auto" width="600" height="338"></div><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/a63e2f32?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><b style="font-weight:700">The changing face of healthcare in Lebanon: navigating an economic crisis</b></a></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Lebanon’s health system is being reshaped by the ongoing economic and social crisis in the country. After years of prioritization of hospitals and tertiary care, it seems a re-evaluation of the importance of primary health care is in order</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/04/image-2.png" 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://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/5b23fd08?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Strengthening public health services imperative as crisis continues in Sri Lanka</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">As the social and economic crisis in Sri Lanka continues, health activists call for prioritization of the public health system on the occasion of World Health Day</p><div style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0"><img src="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/content/images/2023/04/image-3.png" 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_-750079563818244977the-struggle-for-health-now-and-then" 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">The Struggle for Health: now and then</h2><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em"><b style="font-weight:700"><a href="https://peoples-health-dispatch.ghost.io/r/f99cd1e9?m=7fbe802b-41b0-46c0-a257-5e71e0284f0a" style="color:#ff1a75;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Video: ’The Struggle for Health’: 38 years later, the book remains as relevant as ever</a></b></p><p style="margin:0 0 1.5em 0;line-height:1.6em">Tinashe Njanji from PHM South Africa and Wim De Ceakulaire, co-editor of the second edition of “The Struggle for Health”, discuss the relevance of the book 38 years after it was first published</p><div class="m_-750079563818244977kg-embed-card" style="margin:0 0 1.5em;padding:0">
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