PHA-Exchange> Right to Health Speech at ESF (2)

[Aviva]

From: "mohammad ali barzgar" <m_barzgar at hotmail.com>

Dear Sunil,

Greeting from Iran.I have realy enjoyed to read your speech at ESF.Many
thanks for sharing with the friends and thanks to Claudio for wide 
distribution of such valuable speech.I can not agree more with you
about the 
role of donors in pushing vertical approech and paralyzing health
system 
infrastructure in developing countries.Also I fully agree with you that
the 
answer to AIDS,TB,and Malaria is not condoms,DOTs,and impregnated 
bednets.The answer to a socio-economic and biological complex is a 
multidementional response.

You are quite right that an altrnative system is required.I woud like
to 
suggest that as far as the needs of the people are inter-related ,the 
pre-requisite to fight for right to health,is to fight for right to
Basic 
Minimum Needs (*) of the people.In this connection the BMNs approach
initiated 
in Thailand and adpted by myself in Somalia , Pakistan,and presently in
Iran 
could be a sound and relevant alternative strategy that you are
addressing 
in your paper and looking for it.PHM as the largest civile societies 
who 
globaly defending for health of the people is the right institution to
take 
it up Internationaly.Wishing all the best and with warmest 
regards.
Dr.M.A.Barzgar,PHM ,Iran.

(*): Mohammad, the BMNs approach has now been made more comprhensive by 
introducing the Human Rights-based Approach to development which goes 
further in addressing peoples rights more than only their needs. PHM 
has endorsed this human rights-based approach.
Claudio
(moderator)
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