Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras announced the repeal of the health regulation which allowed the authorities to conduct HIV testing without informed consent in a misguided effort to curb the…
Katerina was among 12 women with HIV, whose names and photos were published in 2012 by police after they were arrested and charged with illegal prostitution and for allegedly intentionally…
One of the most dire manifestations of the health crisis plaguing Greece is the inability of large sections of the population to access necessary medicines.
The denial of even basic healthcare services to uninsured pregnant women and children in crisis-hit Greece has been once again highlighted by Medecins du Monde. In a report focusing on…
Several weeks before the European and local elections the government suddenly remembers the homeless; the data regarding height of the primary surplus in 2013 is finalized; the insured face hidden…
Thanks to reforms overseen by Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis, medical care is increasingly out of reach for the poor and uninsured. But not, that is, if the poor and uninsured…
A Greek consultant surgeon at Imperial College responds to Health Minister Adonis Georgiadis’s condemnation of the ‘rich kids’ of London who he blamed for his recent heckling at an appearance…
An appearance of Adonis Georgiadis before students at Imperial College London devolved at times into a shouting match between the Minister and students who angrily accused him of being a…
Cuts to the social safety net in Greece mean the sick and addicted often can΄t get the help they need.
Greek and European officials are accused of being in denial over the effects of spending cuts in health care. “Greece no longer has a health system,” says president of Medecins…