PHA-Exch> 15by2015 Quality health care for all

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org


 *15by2015 Quality health care for all *

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Website: http://www.15by2015.org/index.php/resources/



*Primary health care and prevention are the best and most affordable ways to
save the most lives and improve overall health.*



With the "1*5by2015*" campaign we ask that donor organizations allocate 15%
of their vertical funding towards sustainable comprehensive primary health
care that is accessible and affordable in all regions of the world.



"15 by 2015" is a campaign calling for all major global health donors to
allocate 15% of all their grants towards strengthening the primary health
care system of the country they are working in. The target date is the same
as with the globally known and used eight millennium development goals,
2015.

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*Why "15by2015"?*

Primary health care cuts across diseases in a systemic way. Investing in
improving the quality of primary health care (infrastructure, human
resources and equipment) is a broad-based and sustainable investment that
should be accessible and affordable for all. For example, if good primary
health care were available in the 42 countries accounting for about 90% of
child deaths worldwide, 63% of these deaths could be prevented.



The most prevalent health care problems in developing countries are
respiratory illnesses, diarrhoea and complications of labour and delivery.
These can and must be treated within the same primary health care framework
that deals with diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS…."



            Contact Information:





*Global Health through Education Training and Service (GHETS):*

David Egilman, MD, MPH
8 North Main St, Suite 401 Attleboro MA 02703
Tel: +1 (508) 226-5091 x 11 Fax: +1 (508) 448-8346 degilman at ghets.org



*World Organization of Family Doctors (Wonca):*

Dr Alfred W. T. Loh - College of Medicine Building
16 College Road #01-02 Singapore 169854
Tel: +65 6224 2886 Fax: +65 6324 2029 ceo at wonca.com.sg



*The Network: Towards Unity for Health:*

Pauline Vluggen Executive Director
P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht - Universiteitssingel 60, Maastricht the
Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)43-3885638 Fax: +31 (0)43-3885639 secretariat at network.unimaas.nl



*Primary Health Care/Family Medicine Education Network*

Maaike Flinkenflogel, MD Coordinator Primafamed - Department of Family
Medicine and Primary Health Care -Ghent University
De Pintelaan 185
9000 Gent Belgium
Tel: +32 9 332 6082 Maaike.flinkenflogel at ugent.be - primafamed at ugent.be



*The European Forum for Primary Care:*

Diederik Aarendonk
Otterstraat 118 – 124, 3513 CR Utrecht - PO Box 1568, 3500 BN Utrecht The
Netherlands
Tel: +31 30 27 29 700  Fax: +31 30 27 29 729 Mob: +31 (0)6 232 09 708
d.aarendonk at euprimarycare.org





*Doctors for Global Health:*

Lanny Smith, MD, MPH, DTM&H
P. O. Box 1761 Decatur, GA 30031, U.S.A.
(404) 377-3566 lannysmith at yahoo.com





*Health Alliance International:*

Wendy Johnson, MD, MPH - Director of New Initiatives
4534 11th Ave NE Seattle, WA 98105
+1 (206) 543-8382 wjohns at u.washington.edu
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