PHA-Exchange> PREPARATIONS FOR THE World Social Forum

[DR.GHASSAN ISSA]

Dear friends

Unfortunately I will not be able to attend WSF2003 because of a family
medical emergency however; I would like to inform you that the “Arab
Resources Collective (ARC)” is planning a series of regional activities to
reaffirm the principles and strategies of Alma Ata after 25 years of its
declaration. 

These activities will be planned and executed in coordination with regional
partners NGO’s such as UPMRC in Palestine, and will very much make use of
the issues that PHM will raise during WSF2003 in Porto Alegre.

I hope that you will keep me informed.

 

In solidarity

 

Dr.Ghassan Issa

Health Unit coordinator

Arab Resources Collective

P.O.BOX 13 - 5916

Beirut - Lebanon

 

Tel:+(9611)742075

Fax:+(9611)742077

 <mailto:arcgi at mawared.org> arcgi at mawared.org

GHISSA at cyberia.net.lb

 

       

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From: DR Jihad <mailto:jihad at shabaka.net> 

Date: Saturday, January 18, 2003 04:04:59 PM

To: 'Aviva' <mailto:aviva at netnam.vn> ; 'pha-exch'
<mailto:pha-exchange at kabissa.org> 

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

 

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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