PHA-Exchange> Fw: Public health workers in danger in Colombia

[Patricia Morton]

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Luz Stella Alvarez" <lalvar9 at uic.edu>
To: "PATRICIA MORTON" <patriciamorton at medact.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 4:55 AM
Subject: Public health workers in danger in Colombia


In the last year, the Secretary of the Municipal Health Service in Bogota,
Dr.Roman Vega, has being implementing family and community based public
health
programs in that city, to counter the effects of the increasing of the
poverty
and to recover the public health principles undermined by the current
National
Health System.

In the last weeks Dr. Vega reported having received death threats related to
his role and programs hold in the Secretary. This petition is a call to ask
the national autorities a deep investigation about the threat's responsables
as well as protection to the physical integrity of the public health
workers.


If you share this concern, please send an email to:


Presidencia de la Republica.


E-mail: auribe at presidencia.gov.co ;




Vicepresidencia de la Repoblica

Dr. Francisco Santos
E-mail:fsantos at presidencia.gov.co



Programa Presidencial de Derechos Humanos y de Derecho Internacional
Humanitario.
Dr. Carlos Franco
E- mail: cefranco at presidencia.gov.co




Unidad de Derechos Humanos y de Derecho Internacional Humanitario

E - mail: elbsilva at fiscalia.gov.co


Mision Permanente de Colombia ante las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.


E-mail : mission.colombia at ties.itu.int



Fiscalia general de la Nacion

contacto at fiscalia.gov.co; denuncie at fiscalia.gov.co