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
NHS workers undeterred by government attempts to stop strikes
Nurses, ambulance workers, and other health workers in England continue to plan for industrial action escalation as government looks for way to stop strikes without improving working conditions
A brutal system replaced socialist health care in Europe
Matthew Read, researcher at the IF DDR, talks to the People’s Health Dispatch about similarities between East Germany’s and Yugoslavia’s socialist health systems and the lessons to be learned from these systems
WHO Europe’s health workforce guidance doesn’t protect East European health systems
A recent health workforce declaration by WHO’s European region misses on the opportunity to protect East European health systems from health workers’ brain drain
Health workers in South Africa end strike after 10 days
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union in South Africa ended a strike launched earlier this month over concerns about salaries and inflation. The announcement came as the government agreed to revisit the salary increase for the current year and signaled it was willing to reconsider its approach to collective bargaining with the union
Junior doctors in the UK begin strike over pay restoration
Tens of thousands of junior doctors walked off their jobs across England as part of a 72-hour strike in an attempt to secure pay restoration and improvement of working conditions
International Working Women’s Day in Uruguay is the culmination of decades of mobilization
Feminist collectives in Uruguay held another day of action on March 8, building on decades of mobilization for women’s rights in the country
Health workers’ strikes to continue in the UK, government agrees to negotiations
Actions to protect the NHS and improve working conditions in healthcare are set to continue over the next days. Meanwhile, the government, which under pressure due to the protests, has come forward with the offer of a one-time payment