The final episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Remco Van de Pas and Sulakshana Nandi, two long-standing PHM members who are very active in PHM’s thematic circle on health systems. They provide an up-to-date analysis of the global state of the debates around Universal Health Coverage (UHC) and Primary Health Care (PHC), finding that UHC is everywhere and PHC has become stuck in the margins. Also, they warn against the market rhetoric that suffuses health systems reform, together with the rising global policy discourse on engaging with the private health sector.

The sixth episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Lauren Paremoer and Ronald Labonté, addressing the issue of new trade treaties and their potential threats to public health. Showing concrete examples, they show how these treaties tighten reins on policy measures governments might take that could inhibit trade, with new rules on how future regulations should be developed, including allowing or even mandating the involvement of corporate actors from other countries.

On our fifth episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Charlotte Dreger from FIAN International, a global human rights organization that advocates for the right to adequate food and nutrition, Magdalena Ackermann from the  Society for Internationmal Development (SID), and Isabel Álvarez Vispo, Co-president of Urgenci, an international grassroot network of all forms of regional and Local Solidar

The fourth episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Roman Gnagi and Catia Confortini, members of Medact, a UK-based organization affiliated with PHM and co-producer of the Global Health Watch series. Together with other Medact members, they wrote a chapter in Global Health Watch 6 analyzing the relations between war, conflict, peace, and health, and the impact of Covid-19 in countries affected by conflict.   

The third episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Sarojini Nadimpally, coordinator for Health for All Campaign of the People’s Health Movement and a founder of SAMA Resource Group for Women and Health, an India based women’s organisation. Together with Neelanjana Das, Aakriti  Pasricha and Adsa Fatima – fellow members of SAMA,  Sarojini co- authored a chapter in Global Health Watch 6 analyzing the gendered impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with a focus on South Asia.

The second episode of the GHW6 podcast series features Amulya Nidhi, national Co-convenor at PHM India and a member of the PHM Steering Council and the PHM thematic circle on environment and ecosystem health. The circle collectively wrote a chapter in Global Health Watch 6 knitting together experiences of environmental devastation and people’s resistance worldwide.   

Featuring Ronald Labonté, a global health expert and co-editor of GHW6, this episode explores the global political and economic architecture and its structural role in shaping health determinants worldwide. It also analyzes the (unequal) impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and sheds light on the possible routes for a healthier, more just and more sustainable world. 

Dr. Naty Castro, The Philippines -

1. Who is Dr. Naty Castro? 

Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan, The Philippines

1. Who is Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan?

Dr. Mary Rose Sancelan (September 3, 1960) was the municipal health officer of Guihulngan City in Negros Oriental. She was also the head of the local Inter-Agency Task Force responsible for containing the spread of COVID-19 in the city. Dr. Sancelan worked in the government as a chief health officer.

Zara Alvarez, The Philippines

1. Who is Zara Alvarez? 

Zara Alvarez (March 25, 1981) was a human rights leader and defender, a health activist, and the former education director of the human rights alliance Karapatan [i], well known for her steadfast commitment to supporting the struggles of farmers, agricultural workers, and other marginalized sectors in her home province of Negros.