Health Equity

Lecture in Saskatoon--Tim Wise: White like me

When: Thursday, March 17, Doors @ 6:30pm | Talk @ 7:00pm

Where: Third Avenue United Church

304 3rd Avenue North

 

Tickets $10 | $5 Student/Low Income

(No one turned away due to lack of funds)


Tickets are available at AIDS Saskatoon (1143 Ave F N)

Lecture in Saskatoon--Tim Wise: White like me

When: Thursday, March 17, Doors @ 6:30pm | Talk @ 7:00pm

Where: Third Avenue United Church

304 3rd Avenue North Saskatoon, SK

 

Tickets $10 | $5 Student/Low Income

(No one turned away due to lack of funds)


Tickets are available at AIDS Saskatoon (1143 Ave F N)

PHM at 'Health R&D as a Global Public Good'

On April 24th PHM some PHM people attended an event on "Health R&D as a Global Public Good" co-organized by the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies and the Harvard Global Health Institute. The purpose of the event was to examine how to secure collective action to provide global public goods through research and development (R&D) and innovation for the specific health needs of low‐ and middle‐income countries.

PHM NSC screened "How much is your dead body worth" on 16th september 2012

This is the true story about the lucrative dead body parts business in western world.BBC Horizon investigates the medical revolution that has created an almost insatiable demand for body parts and uncovers the growing industry and grisly black market that supplies human bodies for a price.

Planning Commission of India to hand over Health Care to Corporate Sector

The draft health chapter of the 12the Five Year Plan document is being discussed for final adoption by the Planning Commission by the end of August, 2012. The Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Peoples Health Movement – India) expresses concern regarding the present recommendations and plans outlined in the draft chapter.

Humanitarianism ‐ Moving Beyond Medical Rescue to Poverty Reduction, Sustainable Development and Justice?

Presentation at the 13th Berlin Humanitarian Congress, Oct 28th 2011

Dr David McCoy, Peoples Health Movement, NHS London, Centre for International Health and Development, University College London

Good morning

It is a real privilege to be able to address this Congress. And my sincere thanks to the organisers of this conference for inviting me to speak here.

Climate Change and Health

Climate change is the largest threat to global health in history. Health systems, on the other hand, exist to promote, protect and improve people’s health, and to prevent and treat disease. As large, resource and energy-intensive organizations that employ many people, health systems produce large amounts of greenhouse gases. Therefore, they contribute to climate change, raising the paradox that, on balance, they may, inadvertently, do people’s health more harm than good in the long term.

 

National Health Insurance could improve health, create jobs and mitigate climate change

The advent of the National Health Insurance (NHI) scheme opens up a political space to campaign for a health service that will best address South Africa’s health crisis and reduce the extreme inequities between poor and rich, rural and urban, and public sector and private health service users.

Doctors for Global Health 16th Annual General Assembly, July 29-31, 2011

Dear friends of Doctors for Global Health,

Our 16th Annual General Assembly will be held this summer in sunny Los Angeles from July 29th to 31st!

Continuing Medical Education Credits (CME) available for physicians- see registration page for details.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

If you have not yet registered, click the link below:

http://www.dghonline.org/2011-ga-registration-application

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:

Health Begins Where We Work, Live, and Play

Doctors for Global Health 16th Annual General Assembly

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