PHA-Exchange> Re: PHA-Exchange Digest, Vol 15, Issue 2

Mon May 31 04:14:50 PDT 2004

Dear Claudio
I have attached a number of ad hoc slides of text and diagrams from the recent ILO report by the World Commission on the Social Dimension of Globalisation. 
I think it may be a useful resource for PHM folk - but it's a big file .... have a look and see what you think
Dave

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   1. UN AGENCIES HAIL 30 PERT CENT GLOBAL REDUCTION IN	MEASLES
      DEATHS (claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn)
   2. Experts Meet To Discuss New Malaria Drugs (claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn)
   3. IBFAN-ICDC Code implementation training course 
      (claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn)
   4. WHA May 2004  (PHM Secretariat)

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Subject: PHA-Exchange> UN AGENCIES HAIL 30 PERT CENT GLOBAL REDUCTION
	IN	MEASLES DEATHS
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 from Vern Weitzel <vern.weitzel at undp.org> -----

UN AGENCIES HAIL 30 PERT CENT GLOBAL REDUCTION IN MEASLES DEATHS

New York, Apr 27 2004 12:00PM
United Nations agencies today announced a global reduction of 30 per cent in 
measles deaths between 1999 and 2002, proving that by 
acting collectively to reach the worldï¿½s poorest children countries can 
achieve the UN goal of halving the toll of the leading 
vaccine-preventable killer of children by the end of 2005.

At 35 per cent, the reduction was even greater in Africa, the region with the 
highest number of people affected by the disease, 
thanks in large part to the Africa Measles Partnership comprising, among 
others, the UN World Health Organization 
<"http://www.who.int/en/">(WHO), the UN Childrenï¿½s Fund (UNICEF), national 
governments, the American Red Cross, the United States 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the UN Foundation.

ï¿½This is great news. Countries are to be commended for their efforts to fight 
measles ï¿½ efforts that are truly paying off,ï¿½ UNICEF 
Executive Director Carol Bellamy said in New York, noting that since 1999, 
almost 260,000 deaths per year have been prevented. 
ï¿½But we have to keep up the work and the funding as still far too many 
childrenï¿½s lives are lost to measles.ï¿½

Recent progress is due to the adoption by the most affected countries of the 
comprehensive WHO/UNICEF strategy for sustainable 
measles mortality reduction, based on achieving at least 80 per cent routine 
immunization in every district and ensuring that all 
children get a second opportunity either through routine services or periodic 
Supplemental Immunization Activities (SIAs) every 
three to four years.

Under SIAs every child from nine months to five years of age is immunized over 
a one- to two-week period. The estimated annual 
cost for measles mortality reduction activities in the 45 so-called high burden 
countries is approximately $140 million.

ï¿½Countries have proven that routine immunization and supplemental measles 
immunization will reduce measles deaths. This is an 
extremely important step,ï¿½ WHO Director-General Lee Jong-wook said in a news 
release in Geneva. ï¿½Now WHO encourages all 
high-burden countries to implement these strategies, and stands ready to help.

ï¿½However success also requires more resources, and a long-term commitment of 
leaders to permanently reducing measles deaths,ï¿½ he 
added.

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Date: Tue,  4 May 2004 20:21:37 +0700
From: claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn
Subject: PHA-Exchange> Experts Meet To Discuss New Malaria Drugs
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 from Dr Rana Jawad Asghar <jawad at alumni.washington.edu> -----

Experts Meet To Discuss New Malaria Drugs
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Thursday, April 29, 2004
http://www.unwire.org/UNWire/20040429/449_23307.asp

Public health experts are meeting in New York today to discuss
expanding access in developing nations to artemisinin-
combination therapy (ACT), which offers one of the fastest and
most effective cures for malaria, USA Today reports.

Malaria parasites have become resistant to older drugs, but
funding for the newer ACT remains a problem. ACT costs about
$1.50 for a three-day course, compared with 10 cents for older
drugs such as chloroquine and Fansidar.

Many African governments can devote just $5 per person annually
to public health.

"There's no denying that this will cost more, probably a lot
more," said Ron Waldman of Columbia University's Mailman School
of Public Health, which is sponsoring the meeting along with the
World Health Organization, UNICEF and Medécins Sans Frontières.
"But people now are spending a lot of money on treatments that
don't work."

WHO puts the cost of treating everyone in sub-Saharan Africa an-
nually at $1 billion for malaria drugs alone.

The WHO's global malaria eradication effort made great strides
beginning in the 1950s, succeeding in wiping out the disease in
the United States and Europe. Surging drug resistance and the
phaseout of the pesticide DDT have contributed to malaria's re-
surgence in parts of Africa, however.

Four times as many cases have been reported over the past two
decades as in the previous 20 years, USA Today said, and between
300 million and 500 million cases are recorded each year, 90
percent of them in Africa.

ACT is widely believed to offer a better alternative. The best
evidence of its success, according to the paper, is in South Af-
rica's KwaZulu Natal province, which has seen a 77 percent drop
in malaria cases and a nearly 90 percent decline in deaths since
ACT was introduced there in 2001 (Steve Sternberg, USA Today,
April 29).

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Message: 3
Date: Tue,  4 May 2004 21:20:45 +0700
From: claudio at hcmc.netnam.vn
Subject: PHA-Exchange> IBFAN-ICDC Code implementation training course 
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"Legal Draft in Practice":

8th ICDC Annual Training Course on "Implementing the International Code of 
Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes"
20 - 28 September 2004, Penang, Malaysia

Government officers can learn first-hand drafting of legislation based on the 
International Code.  Course sessions are interactive and consist of lectures, 
plenary discussions, workshops, role-playing, panel discussions, videos and 
other audio visual materials.

This 9-day residential course aims to train government officials in drafting 
laws or other measures to implement the International Code nationally.  
Interested applicants can register by using the form at 
http://www.ibfan.org/english/activities/training/icdc01.html or email us at 
ibfanpg at tm.net.my

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Date: Tue, 4 May 2004 13:10:30 +0530
From: "PHM Secretariat" <secretariat at phmovement.org>
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 WHA - May 2004                                                                            30th April, 2004
Communication II  

To

PHM Exchange 

Dear friends, 

The PHM response to WHA - May 2004 is evolving. If you are attending the WHA, please connect up with the secretariat. 

As of now the following informations will help you to connect up 

  1.. The World Health Assembly
This will take place from 17th to 22nd May (Monday to Saturday) 2004 at Palais des Nations, located near the place des Nations and Avenue de la Paix and most easily reached by the Entrance gate on the Route de Pregny.

The Health Assembly will open at 10am on 17th May and close in the afternoon of the 22nd May. 

  1.. WHO Website
The first issue of the Journal of WHA with date and the time, tentative programme, technical briefing, other meetings are already available on the website www.who.int

The Provision Agenda of WHA and most of the background papers are already up on the website. Please visit the website of WHO at www.who.int and keep track of all the background material as part of your preparation to be an active and effective PHM  (WHO - WHA circle) advocate. 

  1.. PHM related programmes
A full programme of events relevant to PHM and associated with WHA will be sent on 7th May 2004 by which time, we would have received all the necessary information. As of now the following events / meetings may be noted.

      15th / 16th May

      (Sat / Sun)

      3pm - 6pm

      (both days)
     An informal get together of PHM early arrivals at John Knox center. (CENTRE INTERNATIONAL REFORME JOHN KNOX - 27, ch. des Crêts-de-Pregny - 
      1218 Gd Saconnex - Geneva, Switzerland
      Tél.: ++41-22-798.91.61 Fax: ++41-22-791.06.38
      E-mail: welcome at JohnKnox.ch  / 101470.2476 at compuserve.com,)

      Delegates who have tracked specific agenda or documents will share concerns and strategies. Fraternal networks will connect and involve us in their plans 

      (INFACT / SCF/ HAI / MSF / WEMOS / MEDACT / IBFAN etc)

      17th May Mon

      9am - 10am
     PHM Delegates get together at venue of NGO briefing (to be announced)

      10am - 12.30pm
     Open briefing for NGOs on 57th WHA organized by WHO - Civil Society Initiative

      2.30pm
     Opening of WHA (Second Plenary)

      Reports of EB - 112 / 113th session.

      Address by Lee Jong Wook- DG

      Address by invited Speaker - Dr. Kim Dae Jing, President, Republic of Korea.

 [See annexure below for the rest of the programme, 18th - 22nd May (To be updated further)

 Annexure 

Word Health Assembly - May 2004, Geneva
Programme Schedule (As of 30th April 2004)

(18th to 22nd May 2004)

 18th May Tue

      9.30am - 12.30pm
     Round Tables: HIV / AIDS

      1. The leadership role of the public health sector in expanding access to HIV care and treatment in countries

      2. Strengthening the capacity of health services to expand delivery of HIV treatment in countries

      3. Mobilizing partners and financial resources to expand access to HIV treatment in countries

      4. Integrating prevention and treatment programmes in countries

      2.30pm
     Committee A - HIV / AIDS 

      2 - 6pm
     NGO Forum for Health on 3x5 initiative (PHM Speakers included)

      17.30 - 19.00 pm
     Child Health and Poverty - The Policy Implications of New Research (WHO and Young lives project)

      19th May Wed

      9.00am
     Address by Invited Speaker - Jimmy Carter, Former Presidnet, USA

      Committee A - Eradication of Poliomyelitis 

      1300. - 14.00 pm
     Technical Briefing: Mental Health and Substance abuse 

      14.30
     Committee A - Global Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health

      20th May Thu

      9.00am
     Committee A - Health Promotion and Healthy lifestyles

      Committee A - Reproductive Health 

      13.00 0 14.300 pm
     Technical Briefing: Patient Safety and Establishing of International -Alliance 

      14.30pm
     Committee A - Health Systems including Primary Health Care            (PHM statement)

      17.00 - 18.30 pm
     WHO / SCF - UK seminar on Health and PRSP (Launch of Report on PRSP's and Health - Country case studies by Mike)

      21st May Fri

      9am
     Committee A - Genomic and World Health / SARS

     Integrated Prevention of NCD

      Infant and Child Nutrition

      IPR, Innovation and Public Health /  WHO and FCTC

      Health Conditions in Occupied Arab territories and Palestine.

      13.00 - 14.00 pm
     Technical Briefing: E-health for health care delivery and education

      14.30 pm
     Committee A - Policy for relations in NGO

      17.00 - 18.30 pm
     WHO / SCF - UK: Seminar on Health and PRSP (Taking lessons for Health Security involvement in the future)

      22nd May Sat

      9.00am
     Taking Stock by PHM delegates of WHA (Those who leave on Saturday afternoon or after

      In addition
     FCTC delegate debriefing with new film. Overcoming the Odds: A story of the First Global Health and Corporate Accountability Treaty (Date not known

 [This programme will be updated in the III and final communication on 7th May 2004] 

 PHM Agenda

As mentioned in the earlier communication, the PHM Agenda will be divided into two broad groups

 A. PHM Advocacy in WHA 

i.               WHO Policy on NGO Health Systems including Primary Health Care Policy Infant and Child Feeding Eradication of Poliomyelitis (statement based on Indian Memorandum?)

ii.             HIV - AIDS, 3x5 initiative and Round Table (NGO Forum)

iii.            Global Strategy on Diet, Physical activity and health FCTC 

B. Discussion among PHM delegates (before and around WHA) 

i.                     People's Charter for HIV / AIDS - Preparation for World AIDS Congress, July 2004, Bangkok 

ii.                   Health Assembly - II, Ecuador, July 2005 

iii.                  Global Health Equity Report 

iv.                 Feedback on (a) CMH Report, (b) MDG Goals and Concerns, Bangkok meeting 

v.                   WHO Task Force on Health Systems Research 

vi.                 Commission on Social Determinants of Health 

vii.                Access to Drugs Campaign 

viii.              Follow up on FCTC Ratification 

C. In addition as in the past, informal discussion/ dialogue and advocacy will go on with WHO leadership, unit heads, and regional representatives country delegates, members of other networks and UN bodies with the Charter as an advocacy tool 

  1.. Media Advocacy 
We request all delegates (and even other members, who are not attending) to download the papers from WHO website on any of the above issue and send comments / concerns or reflections to us before 8th May. Mark all of them to Unnikrishnan (unnikru at yahoo.com) and  Sathya (satyasagar at yahoo.com, who will coordinate the media releases. They need evidence based comments and suggestions with clarity to evolve the press releases during the WHA. Any substantial  critiques / reviews on any of the above are also welcome. Also mark to PHM Secretariat for follow up.  

  1.. An appeal to all other PHM Members, especially Steering Group Members 
All Steering Members,  in particular those who are not going to be able to attend WHA are requested to give some time to the WHA agenda - read some of the issue papers on the website and send your comments and suggestions. This will ensure sectoral , regional perspectives that will enhance the PHM advocacy. If you have any other ideas as well, please send them to us immediately. Please inform all your contacts, who are attending to connect up with us as well. 

 Write to the secretariat for further details regarding registration and other details 

In solidarity 

Ravi / Zafrullah 

WHO - WHA Circle

People's Health Movement Secretariat(global) 
CHC-Bangalore
#367 "Srinivasa Nilaya"
Jakkasandra 1st Main, I Block Koramangala
Bangalore-560034
Tel: 00 91 (0) 80 51280009 (Direct) Fax: 00 91 (0) 80 25525372
Website: www.phmovement.org 
Join the "Health for all, NOW!" campaign in the 25th anniversary year of the Alma Ata
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