PHM-Exch> The Million Message March to the UN: On the march for the Right2Health

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*The Million Message March to the UN: On the march for the Right2Health
*
The Million Message March 2011 is a collaborative communication 
campaign to mobilize community support and political commitment for 
the Right to Health and Universal Access. It aims to reach out 
globally to collect one million messages (by SMS, Tweets…) from people 
in need of treatment and care (for HIV, Cancer, TB, Diabetes, 
Hepatitis and other life threatening diseases) and their families, 
care-givers and allies.

These ‘Voices’ will be amplified, disseminated and projected along the 
‘March’ starting at the World Health Assembly in May, through two UN 
High Level Meetings (HIV in June and Non-Communicable Diseases NCDs in 
September), and other major health events. The Million Message March 
will ‘arrive’ on Human Rights Day, the 10th of December, at the Office 
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) so 
that the messages can ‘Speak-Up’ and be heard at the top of the UN and 
its Member States.

On Monday, 16th of May, from the Institute of Palliative Medicine in 
Calicut, Kerala, India, the Million Message March to the UN begins. 
The Institute, a WHO Collaborating Center, is a global model for 
participatory community based care, and a fitting starting point for 
the March. First Steps: the 2nd World OPEN Health Assembly (WOHA2011), 
in tandem with the World Health Assembly, 16-24 May.

WOHA features a non-stop global 'chat' and dozens of 'Speak-Up 
Sessions', moderated live by partners in Asia, Africa, Europe and the 
Americas, on diverse topics they choose. These partners include the 
Institute of Palliative Medicine, INPUD (International Network of 
People Who Use Drugs), the Lawyers Collective, the Worldwide 
Palliative Care Alliance, INP+, People's Health Movement, 
International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO), 
Foundation for Hospice in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Palliative Care 
Association, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (US), 
Human Rights Watch, The International Community of Women with HIV/AIDS 
(ICW Asia-Pacific), World Care Council and others.

The Million Message March to the UN (MMM2UN) is a civil society 
initiative, spearheaded by the iMAXi Cooperative with the dynamic 
participation of many comrades and partners. Together, we're forging a 
new tool for social mobilization via social media.
Open Minds > Open Source > Open Health  (Open to you, too!)

Join the Million Message March to the UN.  Tweet @MMM2UN  Follow 
#Right2Health

Starts May 16 with the World OPEN Health Assembly.  Tweet @WOHA2011  
Follow #WOHA
SMS: +41 787597991,  +91 8129094433  FB: http://on.fb.me/gxLyzl  
Blogs: http://www.imaxi.org

*MMM2UN: On the march for the Right2Health.*

Keywords: Right to Health, Patients, Mobiles, SMS, HIV, Cancer, NCDs, 
MDR-TB, Care, Universal Access, Palliative, United Nations, WHO, 
UNAIDS, Institute of Palliative Medicine, Calicut, Kerala, India, 
OHCHR, mHealth

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