The movement towards universal health coverage (UHC) is currently among the most  prominent global health policies. According to the United Nations Sustainable  Development Goals, all UN Member States agreed to work towards achieving  Universal Health Coverage by 2030. This includes financial risk protection, access to  quality essential health-care services and access to safe, effective, quality and  affordable essential medicines and vaccines for all.

Impact of the commercialization of health systems and the regional approach in East and Southern Africa in times of Covid 19

Guatemala: Community and ancestral knowledge before Covid 19

By Hugo Icu Peren, PHM Mesoamerica

Community and ancestral knowledge in the face of Covid 19 is the name of this case study in Guatemala that gathers the lived experience of community health agents: health promoters, midwives and traditional therapists in the framework of primary health care in times of pandemic. 

Malawi: Surviving Two Deadly Pandemics Amidst Breaking International Solidarity and Weak Health Systems

by Wilson Damien Asibu, PHM Malawi

The political tragedy during the Covid-19 pandemic and the health movement resistance in Brazil

By Centro Brasileiro de Estudos da Saúde (Cebes) - Brazilian Center for Health Studies (Cebes)

The Covid-19 pandemic and the people’s struggle for health, life and dignity 

During the Covid-19 pandemic, deep and extensive social impacts were felt throughout the globe, way beyond the public health crisis. The responses of governments and the international community made evident the structural inequality and injustices of the current economic and political order, with dramatic effects in the Global South. 

With this gallery PHM hopes to raise awareness of the attacks, harassment and repression suffered by health workers around the world; to strengthen campaigns of PHM country circles seeking justice, share activities and calls to action.

The People’s Health Movement in Latin America develops the Campaign for the transformation and decolonization of health systems in this region of the world.

What is the campaign about?

Generating convergence, debate and advocacy among sectors of civil society to build a common agenda for the transformation of health systems in Latin America.