PHA-Exchange> First report from Mexican Summit and Forum 8 meeting

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From: Fran Baum 


Dear Friends

I am just returning from Mexico City and wanted everyone to know how successful 
the People's Health Movement involvement in the Mexican Ministerial Summit and 
Global Forum for Health Research meeting has been. Ravi did a wonderful job of 
organising us all and there was a great presence for PHM at the meeting with 
much interest from the people present. Ravi's presentation received the loudest 
clap of all the sessions and he really managed to remind people that health is 
about people!  His address was inspiring and many people were commenting to 
that effect. A number of other speakers at the plenary sessions referred to 
Ravi's speech and he was well-quoted in the final plenary session. Everyone at 
the meeting will know of the PHM and know what the core mission is!

Lanny did a great job with our stall and many people visited the stall, took 
information and engaged in discussion.

Our lunch time session with general information on PHM and on the GHW was full 
and people were very engaged in the information. Other PHM people who made 
presentations were David Sanders, Arturo Quizhpe, Nance Upham, Dave McCoy Jose 
Utrera   and these were well received and all spread the news about 
PHM/PHS2/GHW.


I know there will be a more formal report from Ravi on the meeting but I 
suspect he will be too modest to say how well he did so I wanted everyone to 
know!

It was very good to be with PHM comrades and as ever found the discussion and 
friendship gives me hope to go on hoping for positive changes despite the 
depression at the re-election of Howard and Bush.

In solidarity

Fran Baum

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