Since Oct. 20, 188,000 people have been displaced by fighting between the M23 rebel group and the Congolese army in the DR Congo (DRC).
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Health care in the Philippines suffers from a chronic disease. But those who speak out are victims of repression. Private health workers and even more so public service workers are exposed to real situations of violence.
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In the Philippines, working in health care is not without risk, especially if you are critical toward the government and advocate for your patients’ rights. “Health work does not begin and end in the hospitals. We also have to look at what makes people sick, such as poverty, lack of education and shelter.”
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As part of our new #NotATarget campaign, Viva Salud shares messages from activists and health workers fighting for our rights in podcasts.
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On June 10, 2022, members of the International Labor Organization (ILO) recognized occupational health and safety (OHS) as a fundamental principle.
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Delegates from the Global South expressed solidarity with Palestine during a discussion on a report on the health status in occupied Palestine and the occupied Syrian Golan.
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Colonialism is not only a historic event that belongs to the history books, its ramifications and legacies of racism.
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As part of our new #NotATarget campaign, Viva Salud shares messages from activists and health workers fighting for our rights in podcasts.
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Obstruction by pharmaceutical companies from the Global North and misuse of monopoly privileges continue to slow down research into new vaccines and medicines, with disastrous effects for people’s health in the Global South. Discussions at the 75th World Health Assembly did little to address this.
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The report of the WHO-China joint mission on COVID-19 offers essential insights in containment strategies, explains why health systems in many parts of the world are much less capable of implementing them and shows the way towards more resilient health systems.
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