Bulletin #82: Health workers mobilize amid crises from Gaza to the UK
This fortnight
After more massacres by Israeli forces, Gaza's healthcare system is buckling under pressure. Local and international health workers are facing unprecedented levels of suffering, compounded by direct attacks on medical facilities. Overcrowded camps, debris, and overflowing sewage have led to new outbreaks, including skin infections. Additionally, Palestinian political prisoners are enduring torture, hunger, and sexual abuse in Israeli camps.
While Gaza's situation garners most attention within the health movement, health conditions across Palestine have also deteriorated under decades of occupation. In a new Charter4Health episode, Miguel Garcia of the People’s Health Movement discusses the broader health impacts of the Israeli occupation with activists from Palestine and surrounding regions.
Meanwhile, Ugandan health activist Denis Bukenya highlights the ongoing struggle for health in Africa.
In England, general practitioners are mobilizing to protect primary healthcare amid growing privatization pressures and eroding working conditions. Despite a recent government change, UK health workers are ready to take collective action to defend the core principles of the National Health Service.
The next issue of People’s Health Dispatch will be published in the week of August 26.
In focus: Health in Palestine
Starvation and torture, the horrifying reality of Palestinians detainees in Israeli prisons
Thousands of people imprisoned by Israel since October 7, 2023, are suffering from disease, hunger, and abuse
Health workers in Gaza witness “different stages of death and dying” day after day
Health workers returning from Gaza describe deep trauma among local medical staff and the wider community, as they continue to provide care under continuous Israeli attacks
Skin infections in Gaza skyrocket
Rising number of skin infections add to Gaza’s child health crisis amid ongoing attacks on healthcare
Charter4Health podcast: Current situation of the health sector in Palestine
Miguel Garcia delves into the situation facing health workers in Gaza, featuring conversations with experts including Dr. Tlaleng Mofokeng, Dr. Zeina Mohanna, and Layth Hanbali, as they discuss the urgent international call for a ceasefire
Charter4Health podcast: The struggle for the right to health in the Global South from an African perspective
In this episode of Charter4Health, we discuss the challenges faced by health defenders in the Global South, focusing on Africa, with insights from Denis Bukenya, a human rights and health rights activist with the People's Health Movement in Uganda
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England’s primary care crisis puts GPs on the brink
GP visits in England may soon be capped as part of collective action in response to deteriorating working conditions and insufficient funding in primary care
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