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LOCATION:Staatsbibliothek Berlin, Potsdamer Str. 33, 10785 Berlin
SUMMARY:Defending the Right to Health
DESCRIPTION:Disruption and continuity sometimes occur simultaneously. This is very much
 the case when it comes to the state of global health in 2025. In many
 ways\, the reduction in funding for global health programs and institutions
 in the wake of many countries&#039\; withdrawal from development aid—led
 by the US—is having a terrible impact on the health of people worldwide.
 An additional 600 deaths from AIDS per day is clear evidence that\, for the
 global far right\, not everyone is entitled to human rights such as the
 right to health. That is disruption.\nThe flip side of the coin is how
 societies deal with these attacks on the right to health. Here\, there is a
 great deal of continuity. Already\, 65% of health systems in Africa and
 Asia are privatized\, and with the sudden funding gap\, private companies
 are eagerly seeking new business opportunities. The promise of universal
 access to healthcare made by multilateral institutions and welfare states
 has never sounded so hollow to many as it does today.\nFor this reason\, it
 is important that we put fingers in the wounds of global health in these
 days and discuss how the right to health is being threatened by both
 neoliberalism and right-wing extremism.\nProgram\n09:30 Arrival\,
 Coffee\n10:00 Welcome note // Tsafrir Cohen\, medico international\n10:15
 Key note: Health as a Battleground for the Far Right // Sophie Harman\,
 Queen Mary University [read Interview with Sophie Harman]\n11:00 Coffee
 Break\n11:15 Panel: The War on Empathy and the Abolition of Health as a
 Social Right with Nadja Rakowitz (vdää*)\, Alexandrina Iovita (Global
 Fund) and Felix Stein (University of Amsterdam)\, Moderator: Victoria Saint
 (University Bielefeld)\n13:00 Light Lunch\nIn person event only. No
 registration needed.\nThe conference hall is only accessible via stairs. If
 you need support with this\, please let us know and we will find a
 solution.\nOrganizer: Deutsche Plattform für Globale Gesundheit (DPGG)
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