Privatization of healthcare
Campaigners in the UK say get Palantir out of the NHS

Health workers and activists ramp up their campaign to oppose surveillance company Palantir’s role in managing NHS data

Can Serbia “cure” its public pharmacies?

Pharmacy services in Serbia have become entirely profit-driven, with the needs of the population pushed aside

Foreign recruitment of nurses Germany, Brazil On Nurses Day, struggles continue for better conditions amid unfulfilled promises

Ahead of another International Nurses Day on May 12, health workers continue to struggle for fair working conditions and safe staffing levels in the sector

Kenyan health workers prepare for a new round of industrial action

The workers’ demands include stable working conditions and aligning incomes with living expenses. They are mobilizing at a time when the government is preparing to implement a highly unpopular round of healthcare reform

Trade union report illustrates mental health impacts of working in public healthcare

The Public Services International (PSI) recently launched a new report examining the mental health of health workers in Liberia, Brazil, Sweden, Australia, and Canada

Kenyan health workers protest repression, government failure to meet demands

Kenyan health workers’ union, KMPDU, is preparing for new round of actions in response to police brutality against trade union officials during a demonstration

Health care in Kenya How commercialization and privatization deplete people’s health in Kenya’s urban settlements

Sharon Joan, a community member from the Kibera urban settlement, talks about the intersections of commercialization and environmental factors on the health of people living in urban settlements in Kenya

Doctors Protest - UK Junior doctors in the UK protest government disregard and demand pay rise

Over the last two decades, the National Health Service (NHS) in the UK has been substantially weakened due to underfunding and understaffing. A good share of its staff, including young doctors, are now on the verge of leaving the NHS due to overwork and lack of decent wages

Long-term care Investors in long-term care profit as aged and disabled residents and workers bear brunt of COVID-19

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, long-term care facilities were hit particularly hard as both residents and workers suffered high infection and mortality rates. A number of reports indicate that such an outcome is linked to widespread privatization

WHO to hold first in-person assembly since onset of pandemic

The World Health Assembly is going to discuss topics of great relevance for our times, but in order to make necessary change the WHO must step up and recognize the fundamental issues plaguing global governance of health

Civil society organizations criticize World Bank Group for privatization of healthcare

A coalition of organizations fighting for public healthcare services called out the World Bank Group for focusing on investments in private healthcare during the Civil Society Policy Forum

Health and care workers Slovenia Health and care workers in Slovenia fight for pay hikes and equal rights

Around 50,000 workers in the Slovenian health and care sectors went on strike on February 16 protesting poor working conditions, low salaries, outdated norms and regulations, and violations of the agreements