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Globalización, inequidades sociales y financierización de la salud, debate a partir del caso Colombia

Translated title of the contribution: Globalization, social inequalities and financialization of health: Debate on the Colombian case

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Abstract

This article has the aim of presenting the essence and capitalist forces of globalization as a historical phenomenon by showing the scopes of its intervention and its effects on human life in general terms. The article deepens in the globalization-financial markets relation and how its impacts link with social inequalities and its expression in the case of the health sector in Colombia. It is questionned the role of Health Promotion companies in that country and it is showed how they have become bussiness groups with financial leverage of inconceivable bussinesses in the national and transnational fields. There was step by step a configuration of unrecognizable structures and hard to audit which along together to the lack of political will for an structural reformation fo the health and the social wellfare systems in Colombia make the country to remain in a complex scenario; even after many social disputes it was declared in 2015 that health care is a fundamental human right.

Translated title of the contributionGlobalization, social inequalities and financialization of health: Debate on the Colombian case
Original languageSpanish
Article numbere1598
Pages (from-to)1-16
Number of pages16
JournalRevista Cubana de Salud Publica
Volume46
Issue number3
StatePublished - 01 Jul 2020

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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