Name of the Social Clinic: Zero81 – Laboratorio di Mutuo Soccorso
Address : Largo Banchi Nuovi, 10, Naples, Italy
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Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/Zer081
How did you hear about us? Through Laboratorio di Salute Popolare and microclinica Fatih, which are already part of the network.
Why do you want to join INOSC? We want to join INOSC because for many years we have been collectively working on the right to health, with a strong focus on prevention and community-based practices. In the past, we ran a community health clinic where different doctors – gynecologists, pediatricians, nutritionists, and orthopedists – regularly provided care to people in the neighborhood. Over time, we have also experimented with alternative forms of medicine, such as Chinese medicine, and developed specific initiatives like a dental prevention desk. What has always guided us is the idea that prevention and shared knowledge are more powerful than intervention only after illness has appeared. For this reason, we feel very close to the principles expressed in INOSC’s manifesto.Joining the network would be a valuable opportunity for us to connect with other groups and people engaged in similar struggles across Europe, to exchange practices, grow together, and strengthen our collective fight for the right to health.
In what ways do your practices, values and politics align to what our Social Clinics do? Our practices, values and politics are strongly aligned with what Social Clinics do, as we share the belief that health is a collective right and that care must go beyond institutional barriers and medical hierarchies.
Our space currently hosts two main initiatives.
The first is a group dedicated to sexual and reproductive health, with a focus on abortion support. In our context, abortion is heavily bureaucratized: women are stigmatized, often subjected to medical violence, and discouraged by institutions that provide misleading information. This group provides accurate information, emotional support, and physical accompaniment for those who decide to terminate a pregnancy, especially for people living in suburban or provincial areas around Naples with limited access to services. It also works on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections by spreading knowledge about contraception and self-diagnosis, reclaiming forms of knowledge that allow people to take care of one another.
The second initiative is a psychological support desk, where a team of psychologists offers weekly individual consultations and facilitates the creation of peer-support groups whenever possible. This practice is rooted in the belief that many of the struggles people face daily are not individual failings but collective problems caused by structural injustices, and that naming these dynamics is part of the work of care.
In this way, our space reflects the same principles that guide the Social Clinics: community care, mutual support, and the politicization of health as a shared struggle.
Contact email:puntosalute081@gmail.com
