Every day in the United States, the coronavirus continues to spread. Even for the strongest of health systems, this health crisis would present a multitude of challenges. But in the US, where healthcare is primarily delivered by profit hungry conglomerates and there is a lack of investment in preventive and…
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April 7: International Day of Action for #Health4All
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…
Coronavirus: Collective action necessary to stop an epidemic
from Hesperian Health Guides While individual action is important, it will not stop an epidemic, only collective action will. We have to start acting like the connections among us are not routes to transmit disease, but the channels through which we can defeat it. Coronavirus is all over the news…
WTO+20: Commemorating 20 years since the WTO protests in Seattle
PHM is honored to join the Washington Fair Trade Coalition and many more movements and organizations who advocate for trade justice in commemorating the 20th anniversary of the protests of the 1999 WTO Ministerial Conference in Seattle. We will gather for a day-long event of rally, teach-ins, and speeches to…
APHA 2019 Annual Meeting: PHM-NA Recommended Sessions & Activities
Planning on going to the APHA Annual Meeting & Expo this year? Many PHM-NA activists and affiliated organizations will be at this year’s Meeting to discuss issues pertinent to public health and the right to health. We’ve put together a list of sessions and activities that we recommend for anyone active in…
Civil society assessment: Strengthening public health systems key to achieving health for all
The UN High Level Meeting (HLM) on Universal Health Coverage (UHC) will take place on September 23rd, 2019 at the UN General Assembly in New York, USA. The theme of the meeting, “Universal Health Coverage: Moving Together to Build a Healthier World”, will be discussed among political figures, health leaders,…
PHM-USA denounces Trump administration attacks on sexual and reproductive health
Women’s human rights include the rights to equality, to dignity, autonomy, information and bodily integrity, and respect for private life and the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, without discrimination; as well as the right to freedom from torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment.…
“The magic of the people’s strength”: PHM 2018 Annual Report
Culminating with the 4th People’s Health Assembly, 2018 buzzed with activity throughout PHM worldwide–from core global programs, through the regions, and in country circles. Struck by the loss of tremendous health advocate, friend, comrade, and founding member Dr. Amit Sengupta at the end of the year, the movement presses forward…
PHM-USA and HAI condemn US atrocities at southern border, stand in solidarity with migrants and asylum seekers
In the current climate of widespread political, environmental, and economic turmoil, the People’s Health Movement-USA (PHM-USA) and Health Alliance International (HAI) stand in solidarity with the thousands of migrants escaping unlivable circumstances in their home countries. We support their right to a safe and just process for seeking refuge or…
PHM-USA Joins in Calling for US Unalienable Rights Commission to be Disbanded
Along with over 400 organizations and networks, former senior government officials, faith-based leaders, scholars and educators, and advocates, PHM-USA objects to the Commission on Unalienable Rights and its stated purpose, it’s make-up, and the process by which it commenced and is moving forward.