U.K. health worker protests echo issues in Canada. They are also a harbinger of future labour disputes and systemic collapse if austerity, underinvestment and neglect of health workers continue.
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Well resourced and empowered nurses could help to quickly spread universal health care.
A strike around a specific employment issue can easily develop a momentum of its own and become a catalyst for a much wider expression of dissatisfaction.
A strike by Kenyan nurses points to the country’s failure to manage the devolution of responsibility for health care from national to county governments.
Kenya’s doctors embarked on a strike for a 100 days to push the government to implement a collective bargaining agreement signed in June 2013.
Health workers in Kenya have reached an impasse with the government over working conditions. This has lead to a nationwide strike, leaving thousands without critical care.
Continued strikes in Nigeria’s health care sector has meant that many patients go without much-needed care.
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Tutorial Fellow, School of Medicine, University of Nairobi, University of Nairobi
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Research Fellow/Research Uptake Officer of the Health Policy Research Group, University of Nigeria
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Assistant Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Columbia University
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Aga Khan University Graduate School of Media and Communications (GSMC)
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Assistant Professor, Global Health Policy, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Work and Employment, University of Glasgow
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Dean, Nursing and Midwifery, Aga Khan University