IHPEH - International Health and Political Economy of Health

HEADS UP! The next Conference of the International Association of Health Policy in Europe will be held in our homebase in Thessaloniki, Greece, from the 21st to 24th September 2023. 📝 it down in your 🗓️. Abstract submission & registration info coming soon!

Great work from Milton!

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can undermine a national health system and harm access to health and healthcare by further commodifying health. FDI was not allowed in Brazil until 2015, a law change now allows foreign companies/investors to explore (and profit) health services in Brazil, undermining the Unified Health System (SUS).

ps. this work was only possible through the public investment of Science Without Borders; collaborating with our friend Áquilas was also a treat!

International Trade and Health Care in Brazil: An Unpredicted Tale Threatening Health Care Entitlement? The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), established in 1994, has been a key element of market liberalization of health care services. Brazil had the ...

In 2015 Brazil allowed international competition for the provision of health care services.
In our newly published study, Milton Santos explores the implications that such change can have on the Brazilian Health System

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0020731419828295?journalCode=joha&

International Trade and Health Care in Brazil: An Unpredicted Tale Threatening Health Care Entitlement? The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), established in 1994, has been a key element of market liberalization of health care services. Brazil had the ...

+++DEADLINE 15th JANUARY 2019+++
The IIPPE Political Economy of Health and Healthcare Working Group,calls for abstract submissions in the areas of:
1. Political Economy of Health and Contemporary Capitalism
2. National States and Health
3. Health Systems
4. Health Inequalities
5. International Health

[CFP] Conference 2019 | Health and Healthcare Working Group - IIPPE Call for Papers | Political Economy of Health and Healthcare Working Group July 03-05, 2019, University of Lille (France) The IIPPE Political Economy of Health and Healthcare Working Group, in collaboration with both the International Health and Political Economy of Health Research Group (ihpeh – ...

For those of you who couldn’t make to the open lecture, it is on live streaming now
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