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Claudio Schuftan

Claudio Schuftan

Claudio Schuftan, is currently based in Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam) where he works as a freelance consultant in public health and nutrition and is an active member of the Steering Group of the People’s Health Movement. He is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of International Health, Tulane School of Public Health (New Orleans, USA).

Private foundations are the new plutocracy

It is no surprise that private philanthropic foundations are part of the ongoing privatization drive in health and of the erosion of public goods. They are the new plutocracy. They represent the antithesis of the human rights based approach to health.

“Whose Crisis, Whose Future?”

Here is a book that attempts to explain how high finances direct the economy and how they bring about the enormously unequal world we live in. As I read, I had the feeling I was invited to a party, a party for well-meaning adults with a clear sense of social responsibility.

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