Global Health Watch 6 : In the Shadow of the Pandemic

"Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, provides the definitive voice for an alternative discourse on health. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to work for a radical transformation of the way we approach actions and policies on health. It was conceived in 2003 as a collaborative effort by activists and academics from across the world, and is designed to question present policies on health and to propose alternatives Global Health Watch 6 (GHW6) has been coordinated by eight civil society organizations -- the People's Health Movement, ALAMES, Health Action International, Medico International, Third World Network, Medact, Sama and Viva Salud. With contributions from across the globe, GHW6 addresses key issues related to health systems and the range of social, economic, political and environmental determinants of health, locating decisions and choices that impact on health in the structure of global power relations and economic governance."-- Provided by publisher Cover Contents List of Acronyms List of Images, Figures, Boxes, and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction A1 From pre-pandemic pathologies to post-pandemic hopefulness A2 Gendered inequities during COVID-19 times: a view from the Global South A3 From unethical growth to ethical degrowth: can capitalism be transformed? B1 The Universal Health Coverage/Primary Health Care divide B2 Global Health 2.0? Digital technologies, disruption, and power B3 Healthcare and COVID-19: privatization by stealth B4 Old/new politics of access to medicines B5 Transforming mental healthcare globally C1 Austerity rerun C2 Unequal labor markets meet a disequalizing pandemic C3 Confronting the commercial determinants of health C4 Development model, extractivism, and environment: knitting resistances globally C5 Transforming food systems for healthy people and a healthy planet C6 Conflict and health in the era of coronavirus D1 WHO and the politics of pandemics D2 Shifting playing fields: how new trade treaties govern governments D3 The United Nations, global governance, and the toll of funding failures D4 Watching the international financial institutions: new rhetoric, old practice? D5 The World Economic Forum’s Great Reset: corporate ambitionsand the future of multilateralism in and beyond global health Conclusion: Building power in the struggle for health (justice):a call to health activists List of Contributors Index Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, provides the definitive voice for an alternative discourse on health. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to work for a radical transformation of the way we approach actions and policies on health. It was conceived in 2003 as a collaborative effort by activists and academics from across the world, and is designed to question present policies on health and to propose alternatives Global Health Watch 6 (GHW6) has been coordinated by eight civil society organizations – the People's Health Movement, ALAMES, Health Poverty Action, Medico International, Third World Network, Medact, Sama and Viva Salud. With contributions from across the globe, GHW6 addresses key issues related to health systems and the range of social, economic, political and environmental determinants of health, locating decisions and choices that impact on health in the structure of global power relations and economic governance.