Health: A Right or a Privilege?
Although access to healthcare is recognised as a universal right, it is obstructed by numerous barriers, with women and marginalised groups among the first to be affected. Medical research continues to overlook women’s health, while care systems exclude those living in precarity and stigmatise people deemed marginal. These inequalities reveal how the organisation of Western healthcare systems mirrors, and often amplifies, the injustices that run through society.
Alfonso Gomez
Administrative Councillor of the City of Geneva, in charge of the Department of Finance, Environment and Housing
Claire Touzard
Journalist and author
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Giorgia Soleri
Feminist activist, specialist of invisible illnesses
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Miguel Shema
Author of the book La Santé est politique
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Malick Gehri
Advocacy Officer at Médecins du Monde Suisse
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Discussions are interpreted in English and French
Chronically Ignored
Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and post-infectious syndromes affect millions of people, yet these conditions are often misunderstood and overlooked. Through the testimonies of patients, their relatives and medical professionals, the documentary brings to light the pain, despair and isolation experienced by those affected, while exposing medical and social neglect exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. A film that calls for greater awareness and mobilisation in support of research and care.
⚠︎ This film contains disturbing narratives that may be sensitive to some viewers.
Sibylle Dahrendorf
Navigator Film Produktion
Ingo Brunner
Johann Feindt
Maximilian Smoliner
Ivonne Gärber
Johannes Schneeweiß
