Candidates in India’s election must prioritize health, suggest activists
Health network Jan Swasthya Abhiyan recently launched the People’s Health Manifesto, calling upon all parties running in India’s election to commit to improve the quality and access to care in the country
Health workers rally in NYC in solidarity with Palestine
Healthcare workers speak out against the slaughter of Palestinian health workers and and bombing of hospitals by Israel
Social Security Funding Bill to deal new blow to healthcare in France
Health groups in France continue to mobilize for alternatives to Macron’s plans to further slash health and social security budget
Community health workers in South Asia forge joint struggle for rights and recognition
Frontline health workers have issued a joint document calling on governments and international agencies to recognize and uphold their essential rights
The NHS at 75 years: A sharp turn needed to fight health inequities
75 years after its establishment, the NHS continues to enjoy strong support among health workers and patients, but struggles under the burden of divestment and prioritization of the private sector
In a first, delegation of migrants attends Brazil’s National Health Conference
The delegates representing the migrant population were elected at the Open National Conference on the Health of Migrant Populations. They will present 20 proposals for the for the Unified Health System (SUS)
La Asamblea Mundial por la Salud de los Pueblos que tendrá lugar en Colombia marcará un hito en la lucha por el derecho a la salud
El Movimiento por la Salud de los Pueblos se moviliza para la 5ª Asamblea Mundial por la Salud de los Pueblos, que tendrá lugar en Cali (Colombia) en diciembre de este año.
People’s Health Assembly in Colombia will be a milestone in struggles for right to health
The People’s Health Movement is mobilizing for the 5th People’s Health Assembly, which will take place in Cali, Colombia, in December this year
15 million in the US to be kicked off of public health benefits
Millions are to lose Medicaid/CHIP benefits in the coming months as pre-pandemic income eligibility restrictions have returned
Prevent: Health workers resist UK’s ‘counter terrorism’ strategy that weaponizes public services
Public sector workers in the UK have a statutory duty under the ‘Prevent’ strategy to report ‘signs of radicalization’. The program is notorious for targeting Muslims and uses key services like healthcare to implement discriminatory ‘counter-terror’ tactics
Israeli repression harms Palestinian health as world marks Human Rights Day
Israel is targeting health and social organizations in Palestine and deliberately disrupting their work. The impact on the health of Palestinians is enormous
Securing the right to health of political prisoners
Indian prisons have been at the receiving end of multiple critics who argue that their treatment of prisoners is in gross violation of not just international human rights standards, but also the country’s law itself
- United Farm Workers union protests ICE arrests of farm laborers involved in union drive
- Trump’s retaliatory sanctions over Netanyahu arrest warrant halt work of International Criminal Court
- Iran reasserts its right to maintain peaceful nuclear program as US talks show new promise
- Protests in Pakistan’s Gilgit-Baltistan demand the release of detained rights activists
- 100,000 march for Palestine in The Hague as Europe marks Nakba Day
