Nursing in Brazil: a story of super-exploitation
Research reveals alarming data on the worsening conditions faced by nurses in Brazil: falling wages and increased precarization push many to work up to 80 hours a week
Nursing in Brazil: from super-exploitation to migration
In the second part of Outra Saúde’s analysis of deteriorating working conditions faced by nurses in Brazil, the focus shifts to examine external drivers of the crisis
Private sector stalls implementation of nurses’ minimum wage in Brazil
Nurses employed in Brazil’s private health sector are still not being paid salaries defined by law, as employers continue to delay implementation
Saving the ISAPRE would be one more injustice in the Chilean health system
Private health insurance companies in Chile, commonly referred to as ISAPRE, are failing to provide essential health coverage for all—and the Boric administration is looking into changing the system
Amit Sengupta’s reflections on the effects of globalization on healthcare
Multilateral and bilateral institutions as well private philanthropy have had an outsized role in shaping the global health policy agenda. In this piece, Amit Sengupta traces the changes globalization has brought to global health governance.
Victims of neoliberalism, poor countries face consequences in healthcare systems
The Tricontinental Institute gathered reports from healthcare professionals and analyzed the situation in some countries
- Brazil approves end to 6×1 work schedule and reduction of the work week to 40 hours
- Israel kills 31 people in Lebanon on the eve of Eid al-Adha
- Israel carries out sixth consecutive Eid massacre in Gaza
- Far-right Janez Janša to return for fourth government term in Slovenia
- With peace deal nearly final, US launches fresh attacks on Iran
