The People’s Health Movement invites active members of the PHM in national circles, regional circles, and global programs to participate in an open session of the 2025 Governing Council meeting. The open session will take place on Wednesday, February 26, 2025 at 12:00 UTC (4:00 am PT/7:00 am ET). Interpretation…
Category: North America
PHM-Canada Statement of solidarity with “Panama Vale Mas Sin Minería”
The People’s Health Movement – Canada stands in solidarity with activists from the coalition “Panama is Worth More without Mining” (Panama vale mas sin minería) who have taken to the streets to bravely contest the constitutionality of the Panamanian legislature’s October 2023 agreement with First Quantum Minerals Ltd. of Canada.
5th People’s Health Assembly
The 5th People’s Health Assembly (PHA5) of the People’s Health Movement will take place April 7 to 11, 2024 in the city of Mar del Plata, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Follow updates from the PHM Global Secretariat here.
PHM Statement on Reproductive Rights & Safe and Legal Abortion in the United States
11 May 2022 We, the members of the People’s Health Movement (PHM), a global network committed to the promotion, protection and fulfilment of Health for All including comprehensive primary health care, sexual and reproductive health care and addressing the social, environmental, and economic determinants of health, are compelled to draw…
Global Health Watch 6
Global Health Watch 6: In the shadow of the pandemic Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, provides the definitive voice for an alternative discourse on health. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to…
Clean up the G&R dump on Mohawk Land!
Clean up the G&R dump on Mohawk Land! When it comes to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples, our federal government must translate more of its words into action. Today, we are calling its attention to a clear manifestation of environmental racism and injustice in the Mohawk community of Kanehstatà:ke, just…
Equitable Health Services, Re-thinking SDGs, and Economic Systems in THE WORLD WE WANT
For the 2022 Prince Mahidol Awards Conference (PMAC 2022), PHM organized a side meeting to examine different aspects of the world we envisage. During the meeting, PHM premiered three short videos (funded by PMAC) to put forth that vision–one that takes into consideration community-based, publicly funded and provided health services;…
NGOs and Allied Groups United Against Environmental Racism on Indigenous Lands
PHM Canada signed on to a joint statement (seen below) from NGOs and allied groups calling for the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, as well as the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, to address environmental racism occurring on the Mohawk lands of Kanehsata:ke. To view the current demands and…
People’s Health Hearing
The People’s Health Hearing sought to bear witness to the public health impacts of extractive industries and created a space to connect people’s struggles, and set out a vision for intersectional, transformative climate justice. It became a space for movement building, connecting health and climate activists across the world and…
Sign-on letter requesting WHO to intervene for release of Palestinian Activist Shatha Odeh
PHM Canada has signed on to a letter (seen below) written by PHM Global to the WHO-DG asking for the release of Palestinian Activist Shatha Odeh. To view the original post and other signatories, please click here. To, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus Director-General World Health Organization Date: 11th July, 2021…