In the Philippines, despite all their duties and responsibilities, the Barangay health workers are considered volunteers.
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Health care is in crisis. Around the world, health care workers are taking action for better working conditions.
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Since Oct. 20, 188,000 people have been displaced by fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese army in the DR Congo (DRC).
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Obstruction by pharmaceutical companies from the Global North and misuse of monopoly privileges continue to slow down research into new vaccines and medicines, with disastrous effects for people’s health in the Global South. Discussions at the 75th World Health Assembly did little to address this.
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Without stronger action to counter the influence of transnational alcohol and food companies, industry-propelled health harm will continue to persist.
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Delegates from the Global South expressed solidarity with Palestine during a discussion on a report on the health status in occupied Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan.
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Interview with Aletha Wallace, People’s Health Movement volunteer, about the annual WHO Watch and the role of the World Health Organization in addressing the coronapandemic.
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The 73rd World Health Assembly saw the US continue its attack on China and the World Health Organization. The WHA recognized immunization as a global public health good but failed to do the same for vaccines. As part of the WHO Watch programme, the People’s Health Movement summarises the main outcomes of the meeting.
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China has managed to contain the corona epidemic better than most countries in Western Europe. What are the reasons?
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