PHA-Exchange> People's Health Assembly - Cuenca Ecuador

[Claudio]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) 
To: EQUIDAD at LISTSERV.PAHO.ORG 
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 9:59 PM
 
PEOPLE´S HEALTH ASSEMBLY 2

 

July 18-23, 2005  Cuenca-Ecuador

The International People's Health Council 

 

Website: http://www.iphcglobal.org/pha2.htm 

 

OBJECTIVES:
 
-          To strengthen and expand the People's Health Movement as a network that struggles for the revival of the original spirit and principles of Health for All. 

 

-          To launch a more concerted global action to achieve a full and universal recognition of the Right to Health as a fundamental Human Right.

 

-          To widen the debate leading to a more proactive resistance to all the forces that oppose and violate the right to health of the people

 

-          To share experiences and practices useful for the universalization of our struggle to implement alternative models of people-centered and beneficiary controlled health care delivery systems.

 

The preliminary themes:

-          Health as a fundamental human right.

 

-          Health care reform and the right to health.

 

-          The health of Indigenous Peoples; natural and traditional medicine.

 

-          HIV and AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.

 

-          Health throughout the life cycle: children, youth, women, men, the elderly.

 

-          Militarization: worldwide consequences on health and the wellbeing of the poor.

 

-          Free trade agreements The World Trade Organization and their effect on the health of the people.

 




*      *      *     *  

This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate 
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic 
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics; 
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ IKM Area]  

"Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings 
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American 
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members". 
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

PAHO/WHO Website: http://www.paho.org/ 

EQUITY List - Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html 

 

 

 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://phm.phmovement.org/pipermail/phm-exchange-phmovement.org/attachments/20050218/85a8b4f6/attachment-0001.html>