PHA-Exchange> Re: PREPARATIONS FOR THE World Social Forum

Tue Jan 21 00:44:23 PST 2003

Dear Ghassan,
We are truely sorry that you will not be with us at the WSF.  We will send
a complete report after the event.
I am sorry about your family emergency.
Keep well.  We are with you.
Maria Hamlin Zuniga

> 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
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>
>
> Tel:+(9611)742075
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> Fax:+(9611)742077
>
>  <mailto:arcgi at mawared.org> arcgi at mawared.org
>
> GHISSA at cyberia.net.lb
>
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
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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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> Subject: PHA-Exchange> REPORT ON PREPARATIONS FOR THE World Social Forum
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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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