People's Health Movement – North America
Privatization of health and social protections affects us all, from the ever-rising costs of medical care to lack of access to clean drinking water. Across the globe, at local and national levels, those of us who stand for the right to health resist implementation of plans and propose alternatives. The…
PHM Canada has signed onto a joint statement created by the Ontario Health Coalition aimed at stopping the unprecedented privatization of our health care services and to set some key election issues to safeguard and improve public health care. More information about the statement and the Ontario Health Coalition can…
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;…
Joint Statement for April 7 (Le français suit en bas.) For many years, April 7 has been recognized by the World Health Organization as World Health Day which was initiated to raise awareness about global health. In past years, the People’s Health Movement (PHM) Europe and the European Network against…
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.
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…
In 1950, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared April 7 World Health Day to raise awareness about important health issues such as mental health, maternal and child care, and climate change. For the past five years, however, the European Network Against the Commercialisation and Privatisation of Health and Social Protection…
PHM-North America had an exciting conversation with Simone Granberg, Sebastian Gunnesson, and Mia Appelbäck, from Sweden, who are fighting back against their government’s decisions to cut health services in their communities. Mia is a physician and activist with PHM-Scandinavia. Simone and Sebastian have participated in years-long occupations of their local hospitals in the…
On April 7, World Health Day, PHM-North America will again join the European Network against the Privatization and Commercialization of Health and Social Protection and PHM-Europe in their April 7 Day of Action against privatization of health. Last year groups across the globe held demonstrations, teach-ins, lectures and other activities…
By Margaret Flowers for Health Over Profit. On April 7, people around the world took action to celebrate World Health Day by declaring that health care is not a commodity and should not be privatized. The theme of the day was “Our health is not for sale. In the more…