Speech by Dian Blandina at European Parliament at Brussels

WHO-Watcher and PHM member Dian Maria Blandina made a powerful presentation at the European Parliament during an event organised by the Left parties in the Parliament - Stories from the COVID frontline: Workers’ rights and privatisation of health services.
"The ideology I’m speaking of here is what’s known as Neoliberalism.


People’s Health Movement’s WHO Watch team closely followed the 75th World Health Assembly meeting of the World Health Organisation held from 22-28 May, 2022. We undertake this process as part of democratising the global health governance.
The People’s Health Movement’s WHO Watch team closely followed the 150th Executive Board meeting of the World Health Organisation held from 24-29 January, 2022. We undertake this process as part of democratising the global health governance.
Many issues which need to be addressed to properly strengthen international health emergency preparedness and response are born out of our unjust neoliberal international society. The dominant perspective on global health security has meant a focus on the Global North ‘protecting’ itself from the Global South which is viewed as the ‘problem area’.
The People's Health Movement will be sending a four-person delegation to the 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) taking place in Geneva, Switzerland from 30 November to 3 December, 2021.
This year the WTO is meeting in the context of an unprecedented health emergency – the COVID-19 pandemic.

