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Extinction and dissolution
Plans to abolish the Andalusian School of Public Health highlight a disturbing rightward shift in southern Spain’s politics, write ROX MIDDLETON, LIAM SHAW and JOEL HELLEWELL
The Andalusian city of Grenada and the Muslim physician and surgeon al-Zahrawi
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THE city of Granada in Andalusia is home to the Andalusian School of Public Health (EASP), a key organisation for public health in the region.
EASP also has international collaborations, including with the World Health Organisation, on a wide range of topics.
Now, EASP is under threat from Andalusia’s new right-wing regional government, which has announced plans for its “extincion y disolucion” (extinction and dissolution).
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