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It had been a long time that, working in Africa, I had not felt the contradictions, the doubts, and also the anger so strongly. How to restructure a health system, which was already insufficient, in such a volatile and unpredictable reality? Where to build the new centres? H

Manipulating information is an old story that new technologies have pushed to unimaginable heights. Borka from Sarajevo work on journalism at the service of the people, ethical, responsible, informative journalism that fights against inequalities.

With this video we want to thank our social base and collaborating entities for the support that they have provided for more than 50 years.

Towards a participatory process to strengthen movements for the right to health

In times of economic crisis, we have had politicians indifferent to the suffering of others, cutting on acquired rights, faithfully applying imposed recipes, trying to destroy basic public services, including health

The corona virus (COVID-19) outbreak has spread from China to over a hundred countries in less than two months. As of March 10th, confirmed cases were above 100.000 and deaths over 4.000.

“Money alone is not the answer [… ] Strong primary health care is capable of meeting the vast majority of communities’ diverse health needs.” – PHCPI Strategy. Last September 2015, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the World Bank and the World Health Organization (WHO

Mozambique ranks third from last in terms of the UNDP’s Human Development Index 2014. Maputo is the country’s capital and its largest city: it gathers circa 40% of the Mozambique urban population and represents 20.2% of the country’s GDP. Since the passing of the Act 2

One of the key elements in a health system is sound management, that’s the reason why we are working on the strengthening of the capacities of the institutions responsible for the management and the planning of primary healthcare services in Mozambique (and in the rest of co

A few months ago, in a conversation with Dr. Helder Martins, former Mozambican Minister of Health, he commented that Primary Health Care (PHC) does not exist in Mozambique. He argued that, contrary to what happened during the first years after independence, the health system