On the 12th of December, the
International Day for Universal Health Coverage, the Asia Network on Right to Social Protection presents this thematic edition of W-Connect on
Access to Health. A high quality health care system is one of the pillars of social protection and is a necessary condition for a global population with better health. This third 2016 W-Connect newsletter starts by detailing what access to health means and refers to some of the relevant legal international instruments. While many of the World Solidarity partners in Asia focus on labour rights, some work on the access to health, like the two in charge of the editorial oversight of this edition: Gonoshasthaya Kendra (
GK) in Bangladesh and the Alliance of Health Workers (
AHW) in the Philippines. Women and adolescents have their specific health needs, as demonstrated by the article from
AREDS in India. The 1st of October is also the
International Day for older people and 2016 is the year to take a
Stand Against Ageism, so we look at what came out of the exchanges between GK in Bangladesh and OKRA in Belgium regarding elderly. In another article, Social Protection is also linked to disaster risk reduction and climate change. It is calculated that we could’ve built up health systems in West Africa at one third of the Ebola response cost.
Building on the dossier “
Health, a commodity” from the Belgian campaign
Social Protection for All, this edition also lists the areas in which demands are being formulated by the WSM supported Asia Network on the Right to Social Protection.
Bruno Deceukelier, WSM Asia Coordinator
Dr Kadir, GK Bangladesh
Angela, AHW Philippines
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