International Association of Health Policy

A NOTE FOR THE IAHP´S HISTORY
Vinçen Navarro. August 13th 2007

Dear Colleagues and Friends of the International Association of Health Policy:

Asociación Latinoamericana de Medicina Social (ALAMES)
Catalina Eibenschutz
Leticia Artiles Visbal
Coordinación General

DECLARACIÓN DE SALVADOR DE BAHÍA
En la ciudad de Salvador de Bahía, a los 18 días del mes de julio del año 2007, en ocasión de celebrarse los congresos IV Brasileño de Ciencias Sociales y Humanas en Salud, XIV de IAHP y X de ALAMES.
La ALAMES se propone desarrollar sus acciones sobre la base de un compromiso social y político dirigido a:

This analysis of the political and social forces that shape the well-being and quality of life of populations in developed capitalist countries is written by scholars based in several different countries. The book shows how the varying political traditions in the developed world—social democratic, Christian democratic, conservative, and liberal traditions—have affected populations’ health and quality of life in the western democracies.

Since US President Reagan and UK Prime Minister Thatcher, a major ideology (under the name of economic science) has been expanded worldwide that claims that the best policies to stimulate human development are those that reduce the role of the state in economic and social lives:privatizing public services and public enterprises, deregulating the mobility of capital and labor, eliminating protectionism and reducing public social protection.

The field of social inequalities in health continues its vigorous growth in the early years of the 21st century. This volume following in the footsteps of Vicente Navarro's edited collection of The Political Economy of Social Inequalities, is a compilation of recent contributions to the area of social epidemiology, health disparities, health economics and health services research.

Universal Health Care Systems (UHCS) on the Periphery of Capitalism

Hans-Ulrich Deppe, MD

Professor for Medical Sociology and Social Medicine

After nearly 3 years of the initial launch of our website we had been using myPHPnuke as the main open-source CMS (Content Management System). Although, at the time we started myPHPNuke was considered to be the best, things have changed especially in the security area.

Health Policy Reform: Driving the wrong way? - A critical guide to the global 'health reform' industry
author: John Lister
Published July 5 2005
ISBN 1 904750 45 1 £25pb
“This is an excellent book for students and policy makers and provides a useful overview of health care restructuring across the world. I recommend it.”
Allyson Pollock, Chair of Health Policy & Health Services Research, UCL

Neoliberal economic and labor market policy, stagnating working income and continuing mass unemployment have withered the extent of employment paying into social security.. the next financing crisis of health insurance is pre-programmed.

Health Reform: Turning away from the Solidarity Principle
by Hans-Ulrich Deppe

The political economy of healthcare: A clinical perspective
by Dr. Julian Tudor Hart

This new book, just published by Policy Press is written by our friend, longstanding leader of our strugles for another possible world, active member of IHAP Julian Tudor Hart.