People's Health Movement – North America
On Monday 14 December, we target Pfizer, Moderna and AstraZeneca with demands that they share their vaccines with the world. Call, email and tweet the CEOs of these companies to demand that they join the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Covid-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP). Take action on December 14th to…
Join us for a 4-part webinar series that explores the increasing commercialization and privatization of the long-term care industry in North America and Europe.
A discussion of Trade Related Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) as they relate to the new Covid-19 vaccines and their patents. Written by members of PHM Canada for publication in The Conversation. Read the full article here. COVID-19 drug and vaccine patents are putting profit before people By: Ronald Labonté and Mira Johri …
Join PHM-North America for a virtual course to share and strategize with health activists from across the globe and build your campaign to resist privatization of health services! Building community & campaigns From examples around the world, PHM-North America has been learning how to build successful…
14 October 2020 Statement by People’s Health Movement: Urgent Call for Action on Covid-19 technologies The People’s Health Movement supports the call by the Governments of India and South Africa for the World Trade Organization to waive certain provisions of the WTO’s TRIPS Agreement so as to enable countries to…
An analysis of the discourse on safety during the COVID19 pandemic for the Canadian Medical Association Journal by a few members of PHM Canada. Read the full article here. Reimagining safety in a pandemic: the imperative to dismantle structural oppression in Canada Nikisha Khare, Farah Shroff, Blessing Nkennor and Baijayanta…
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, this year’s APHA Annual Meeting & Expo is going virtual! But many PHM-NA activists and affiliated organizations will again be at this year’s Meeting to discuss the pressing challenges we face across the globe that threaten the right to health. Below, you can find a list of…
Une discussion sur la stratégie de vaccination du Canada et ses implications sur la santé mondiale. Écrits par des membres de PHM Canada pour publication dans The Conversation. Lisez l’article complet ici. Le Canada achète beaucoup de vaccins contre la Covid-19. Voici pourquoi il devrait faire plus pour les pays…
A discussion of Canada’s vaccination strategy and its implications on global health. Written by members of PHM Canada for publication in The Conversation. Read the full article here. Canada’s ‘me first’ COVID-19 vaccine strategy may come at the cost of global health By: Ronald Labonté, Katrina Plamondon, Mira Johri, and…
PHM-USA joins Justice is Global and other partners to call for global cooperation to end the pandemic. We can stop the suffering and the disruptions to people’s lives and our economies due to COVID-19, but we need countries around the world to work together to make that happen. Government leaders…