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Hot from the press: Global Health Watch Newsletter
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GHW Newsletter 1 - June 1st, 2004

Welcome to the first Global Health Watch Newsletter. Our aim is
to keep you updated on the latest developments of the Watch work
and the report production. For any further information please
contact us:
mailto:ghw at medact.org

Please pass on this newsletter to anybody that might be inter-
ested in the GHW

What is the Global Health Watch?

The Global Health Watch (GHW) is a new project which articulates
civil society's vision for global health. It is a platform for
the strengthening of advocacy and campaigns to promote equitable
health for all.

The global community has failed to achieve 'Health for All by
the Year 2000'. New targets such as the Millennium Development
goals look increasingly unachievable. Questions need to be asked
about whether current policies in global health are working. The
Global Health Watch for 2005 will not only look at some of the
most important problems such as commercialisation of health and
access to medicines, but also suggest solutions and monitor the
efforts of institutions and governments concerned with promoting
health world-wide.

The first Global Health Watch report will be launched at the
World Health Assembly in May 2005 New!! The GHW launches new
Website:
http://www.ghwatch.org

We are pleased to announce the launch of the GHW Website. It
contains all the basic information about this initiative: its
origins, aims, co-ordination organisations, as well as an out-
line of the structure of the 2005 GHW Report and the ways in
which individuals and organisations can become involved. New!!
Most chapters have been commissioned - authors are already work-
ing on the GHW 2005 Report!

All of the main authors have been approached. But there is still
a great need for case studies and testimonies from the various
regions around the world. Please contact us at ghw at medact.org if
you are interested in submitting a local, national or regional
successful experiences.
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