PHA-Exchange> REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE World Social Forum

[DR Jihad]

Dear Friends
Before getting top Porto Alegre,few other people from the Mena Region
will participate ,among those whom I know are ; Ghassan Issa  From
Lebanon ,,Ghassan ,Allah Jarrar ,Mohamed Shaker and Nasif Aldik from
Palestine and many others  .
The ANND ( the Arab NGO NETWORK for Development) will be represented by
a large group of people representing different sectors of work  .I
already advised to contact the PHM members for some coordination to take
place .
Wish you success.
Jihad Mashal  

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From: "Maria Hamlin Zuniga" <iphc at cablenet.com.ni>
 REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE WSF: Porto Alegre Jan 20-24, 2003


> Dear friends,
>
> Just a few days remain before we will be present at the Forum for the
> Defense of Health and the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre.  19
people
who will be representing the PHM at the Forum.
>
> Just to let you all know, the following persons and groups are
> participating:
>
> Drs. Hugo Icu and Carlos Lix from ASECSA in Guatemala.  Hugo is the
> representative of Central America and the Caribbean on the PHM
> Steering Committee.
> Margarita Posada, Director of APROCSAL, El Salvador.  She is the IPHC
> representative for the Regional Committee for he Promotion of
> Community health.
> Ana Quirós, Director of CISAS, Nicaragua.  She is a representative of
> Civil Society on the National Council for Economic and Social
> Development.
> Sr. Ani Whibey,  PHM activist in San Luis Maranhao, Brazil.  IPHC
> focal person in Brazil.
> Dr. Arturo Quizphe, Dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences at the
> University of Cuenca.  IPHC focal person for South America.
> Dra. Andrea Quizphe, representative of the Azuay rural physicians in
> Ecuador.
> Dr. Nidia Solis, University of Cuenca, Ecuador.
> Patricio Matute, involved in media and communications with the Child-
> to-Child Foundation and with IPHC in Cuenca, Ecuador.
> Dr. Julio Monsalvo, Argentinian medical activist and representative
> of IPHC in Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
> Dr. Amilcar Rada, Javier Valencia, and Marisol Herrera from AIS
> (HIA) in  Bolivia.
> Dr. MARJAN Stoffers, WEMOS, The Netherlands.
> John Kinuthia,  Consumer Information Network, Kenya
> Dr. Amit Sen Gupta, representing the Asian Social Forum and PHM
> Secretariat.
> Dr. Unnikrishnan, P. V. freelance journalist working with IPHC.  Part
> of the PHM media team and responsible for the Million Signature
> Campaign.
> Dr. Christian Wagner,  Bukopharma, Germany.
> Maria Hamlin Zuniga,  IPHC Global Coordination
> Rebeca Eileen Zuniga, Logistical support for the delegation.
> Nicaragua and UK.
>
> We will meet up with and plan jointly with the delegation from the
> Womens Global network for Reproductive Rights.
>
>
> We proposed four workshops.  We still do not know at
> what time and where these workshops will take place.
> However, we are sure that our four workshops will take place.
>
> The themes are the following:
> 1.  Privatization and liberalization of health services: a violation
> of the right to health?
>       Marjan Stoffers, Margarita Posada and John Kinuthia will be
> involved in this workshop.
> 2.  Public/Private interactions in health at the global level: the
> way forward or not in solving today's global health problems?
>       Marjan Stoffers, Canadian, Bolivian, and Brazilian
> representatives will be involved in this workshop.
> 3.  The People's Health Movement and the 25th Anniversary of the Alma
> Ata Declaration.
> All of us will be involved in this workshop.  We will be launching
> the Million Signature March as well.
> 4.  Local Health Proposals in the Neoliberal globalized economy.
> Hugo Icu, Carlos Lix, Julio Monsalvo, Arturo Quizphe and a Bolivian
> representative will share experiences about indigenous practices and
> health.
>
> We will also participate in the activities that have been set up by
> the WGNRR (Amsterdam).
>
> We will be distributing flyers, booklets, the Alma Ata Declaration,
> and the Peoples Health Charter, as well as promoting the Million
> Signature Campaign for Health for All Now.
>
> We will have bright gold tee shirts with Heath for All Now in three
> languages to promote visibility and unity in our delegation.
>
> Best regards to all of you!
> Maria


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