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In the depths of the Colombian jungle: An encounter with the ELN

December 12, 2018December 10, 2018 by Vivian Fernandes

Brasil de Fato’s Vivian Fernandes recently travelled through the province of Choco, one of the bases of the guerrilla group, ELN. In the first of a series of articles, she narrates the experience of first meeting the guerilla fighters, and provides insights into their lives

“Trade unions play a vital role in the struggle towards health f …

December 7, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

On the sidelines of the People’s Health Assembly 4, Bangladesh, Goerge Poe, a trade unionist and health activist from Liberia speaks to Peoples Dispatch on the role of health workers and trade unions in the global struggle towards health for all. Poe also talks about the need for a holistic concept of access to health, beyond the present model of selective healthcare intervention decided by donor organizations.

India | World

A Tribute to Comrade Dr. Amit Sengupta

December 7, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

Dr. Amit Sengupta, a comrade, beloved colleague, friend, mentor, and activist passed away on 28 November 2018, in a swimming accident in Goa, India. Amit Sengupta, a medical graduate from the Maulana Azad Medical College in Delhi, played a leading role in many progressive movements, the most significant of which was the Peoples Science Movement (PSM) in India and the global Health Movement. Amit was an active member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) since 1978, and he strove to promote a Marxist perspective in all the activities he was part of.

Amit was a founding member of People’s Health Movement at its creation in 2000 in Savar, Bangladesh.

Trained as a medical doctor, Amit dedicated his life to the struggle for universal access to health, and worked on issues related to public health, pharmaceuticals policy and intellectual property rights. He led several research projects in the area of public health and medicines policy, and was associated with several civil society platforms and networks, including the All India People’s Science Network. He was the Associate Global Coordinator of People’s Health Movement (PHM) and coordinated the editorial group of the Global Health Watch and the WHO Watch. He was the Co-Convenor of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA), the Indian Chapter of PHM. He wrote regularly for journals and newspapers across India and the world.

More information: http://phmovement.org/peoples-health-movement-phm-tribute-dr-amit-sengupta/

China | World

Genetically modified babies are here, are we prepared?

December 5, 2018December 5, 2018 by Newsclick

With the Chinese researcher He Jiankui announcing the world’s first genetically modified babies, the scientific community is outraged with the prematurity and secrecy of his dangerous experiment. Newsclick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha talks about why scientists are angry and what this experiment could mean for the future.

Ghana

“Women need to be involved in planning and implementation of agricul …

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

Gladys Serwaa, member of ECASARD, a peasants’ rights group in Ghana, talked to Peoples Dispatch about the challenges faced by peasant women in her country. She stressed upon the need for increasing women’s involvement, and the role different peasants’ movements across the world can play in empowering women.

India

“India will not be ruled by capitalists”: Farmers march to …

December 2, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

On November 30, tens and thousands of farmers from across the country marched to the Indian parliament against the ruling government’s anti-farmer policies. They demanded a special parliament session to discuss the agrarian crisis the country is facing.

India

Farmers flood the streets of New Delhi, India to demand their rights

November 30, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

#KisanMuktiMarch: On November 29, farmers from all across India have gathered in the capital city New Delhi. They plan to gather outside the parliament, on November 30 to demand a special session which will only discuss the plight of the farmers, and ways to address the severe agrarian crisis.

Bangladesh | World

The struggle for health is the struggle for a more caring world: Dr Am …

November 30, 2018November 30, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

At the plenary session of the fourth People’s Health Assembly (16-19 November), Dr. Amit Sengupta of the People’s Health Movement spoke about struggles by health activists across the globe in the fight for ‘health for all’. Amid the global health and economic crisis perpetrated by a neoliberal economic model, Dr. Amit – in the words of Bertolt Brecht – reminds us that in the dark times, there will be singing, about the dark times.

On November 28, 2018, Dr. Amit passed away in a swimming accident in Goa, India. Dr. Amit Sengupta had worked for more than 30 years with various social movements fighting for science, rationality and universal access to healthcare around the world. His demise is an inconsolable loss for those who stand for a just and egalitarian world.

Europe | World

PHA4: Austerity measures are the biggest impediment to access to healt …

November 22, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

On the sidelines of the fourth People’s Health Assembly (16- 19 November 2018) in Bangladesh, activists from Europe speak about the issues related to health in the region. The activists condemned the wave of austerity measures in the European region, which has become a major obstacle in the goal towards health for all.

Bangladesh | World

PHA4: Health assembly calls for people’s lives above profit

November 19, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

The Fourth People’s Health Assembly, which concluded on 19 November in Bangladesh demanded health for all, now. Apart from the issue of neoliberal economic structures that hinder access to healthcare, it emphasized the need for revitalization of primary healthcare for achieving universal health care.

Israel | Palestine

Military occupation and Palestine health crisis

PHA4: Military occupation is the foremost reason for health crisis in …

November 18, 2018November 18, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

At the sidelines of the fourth People’s Health Assembly in Bangladesh, Shatha Odeh from the Health Work Committees (Palestine) speaks about the military occupation and its impact of health structures in Palestine. Recent reports warn that Gaza is facing a catastrophic humanitarian crisis because of the Israeli blockade of the coastal city.

Bangladesh | World

All the power to the people: Fourth global health assembly

November 17, 2018November 17, 2018 by Peoples Dispatch

As more than 1200 people from across the globe participate in the fourth people’s health assembly in Savar, Bangladesh, the venue reverberates with the call – health for all, now! The health assembly is being organized in the background of a global health crisis marked by inequalities related to a range of social determinants of health and in access to health services within countries and between countries.