PHA-Exchange> People's Health Assembly II: Announcement

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THE PEOPLE´S HEALTH MOVEMENT AND THE ECUADOREAN  NATIONAL FRONT FOR THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE

 

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

 

SECOND PEOPLE´S HEALTH ASSEMBLY

 

QUITO, ECUADOR

 

JULY 19-23,  2005  

 

VENUE:

 

Ecuador is located in the North-western part of South America.  It has a history of people's struggles in the defence of health and life.  Ecuador is a country rich in natural and cultural resources which are known the world over.  Internally, there is a huge contrast between rich and poor and social inequality is vast with dominant economic and political groups being directly responsible for this situation.  The awareness of the people about the situation has generated important processes leading to close networking and social mobilization. 

 

THE PROCESS

 

The Second People's Health Assembly will be the end stage of a preparatory process of local and national reflection, of discussions and debate, and of an exchange of  experiences of communities and networks; national and regional conferences and  workshops will precede the Assembly discussing all aspects influencing the health and well being of everyone.

 

At the same time, there will be a joining together of campaigns and a mobilization of organizations and groups of people from around the world.  Campaigns coalescing  will be those on Health For All Now, No to War, and Reform the WTO. 

 

OBJECTIVES OF PHA II

    a.. To promote and strengthen the People´s Health Movement as a network that works for the revival of the spirit of Health for All.
    b.. To boost global action on the Right to Health as a fundamental human right.
    c.. To promote open debate and to exert the needed resistance towards all mechanisms that violate the right to health of the people (many dressed in the form of neo-liberal reforms, globalization or militarization).
    d.. To share knowledge and practical experiences on alternative models  promoting and providing community health.
 

THE CONCEPT OF HEALTH

"Health is a social, economic and political issue and, above all, a fundamental human right. Inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence and injustice are at the root of ill-health and the death of poor and marginalized people. Health For All means that powerful interests have to be challenged, that the negative aspects of globalization have to be opposed, and that political and economic priorities have to be drastically changed."  (People´s  Charter for Health) 

 

VISION
 
"Equity, ecologically-sustainable development and peace are at the heart of our vision of a better world - a world in which a healthy life for all is a reality; a world that respects, appreciates and celebrates all life and diversity; a world that enables the flowering of people's talents and abilities to enrich each other; a world in which people's voices guide the decisions that shape our lives. 
There are more than enough resources to achieve this vision." (People´s  Charter for Health)

 

THEMES OF THE PHA II

 

            The preliminary themes that have been identified for the PHA II 

    a.. Health as a fundamental human right.
    b.. Health care reforms and the right to health
    c.. Health and Indigenous Peoples; Natural and Traditional Medicine.
    d.. HIV and AIDS  
    e.. Population Sectors and the demand for health: youth, women, children, the elderly.
    f.. Militarization: an open challenge to health.
    g.. Free trade agreements: The World Trade Organization and its repercussions on the health of the people.
 

ACTIVITIES DURING THE ASSEMBLY

 

Groups and organizations are encouraged to sign up for the diverse activities of the PHAII.  There will be conferences, testimonies, panel discussion, poster sessions, artistic presentations and rallies.  Following the Assembly, there will be opportunities for meaningful field visits to different areas in Ecuador.

 

Organizations can sign up on the forms that will be available at  saluddelospueblos at yahoo.es

 

TENTATIVE CALENDAR

            Submission of planned events:  Deadline March 31, 2005

            Inscription of participating organizations: Deadline  May 15, 2005

            Individual inscription: Deadline May 31, 2005   

 

FOR INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

National Front for the Health of the People (Frente Nacional por la Salud de los Pueblos)    E-mail: saluddelospueblos at yahoo.es    Telefax: (593-7) 2884765

 

INTERNATIONAL PEOPLE´S HEALTH COUNCIL  - IPHC

E-mail:  info at iphcglobal.org    Telefax:  505-2-662225

                                                

SECRETARIAT OF THE PHA II

E-mail:  phaII at phmovment.org

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