PHM-Exch> WOHA2011: Speak Up Sessions on universal access, drugs, human rights, community care...

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*Come tell the WHO and its 193 member governments what you think.
Speak-Up Sessions at the 2nd World OPEN Health Assembly.
Together, civil society will forge its own recommendations for the 
World Health Organization*

Tuesday 17 May, the second day of WOHA 2011, will feature a half-dozen 
diverse Speak-Up Sessions, moderated by partners in India, South 
Africa, United Kingdom and the USA. These experts and activists will 
help guide 1 hour global chats on twitter, with inputs also by SMS, 
Facebook and blogs. The topics for each session are the moderators 
choice, derived from the WHO/WHA official agenda (or what’s missing) 
and related issues of interest to their community members / followers 
and ‘newly-involved’ people around the world. These Speak-Up Sessions 
encourage people to join in the ‘open’ drafting of recommendations on 
18-22 May of a policy document which will be handed to Dr. Chan, DG 
WHO in Geneva on the 24th of May. Speak-Up Session inputs and messages 
will also be included in the final declarations at the end of the 
Million Message March at the High Commission on Human Rights in December.

*Speak-Up Sessions Tuesday 17 May*

*Does Your Community Care?*
Moderated by Saif Sabil, IPM / National Rural Health Mission, Calicut 
India
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:00:00 GMT
15:30 Calicut   11:00  CapeTown   12:00  London   06:00 New York

*Why invest in palliative care in the era of austerity? *
Moderated by Claire Morris, The WorldWide Palliative Care Alliance, 
London, UK
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:00:00 GMT
16:30 Calicut 13:00 Cape Town 12:00 London   07:00 New York

*Ouch! Why can't we have universal access to drugs for severe pain?*
Moderated by Keith Mienies, African Palliative Care Association, Cape Town
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 12:00:00
17:30 Calicut  14:00 Capetown  13:00 London  08:00 New York

*Does the right to health extend to people who use drugs?*
Moderated by Mat Southwell, INPUD, London
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 13:00:00
18:30 Calicut   15:00 Cape Town 14:00 London  09:00 New York

*Universal Access for Women and Girls - Where's the Money? *
Co-moderated by Anandi Yuvaraj ICW A-P, Delhi and Celina DCosta 
Menezes, IMAXI Cooperative, Kerala
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 13:00:00
19:30 Calicut   16:00 Cape Town 15:00 London  10:00 New York

*Why would enabling communities to govern their own health help the 
world?*
Co-Moderated by Lindsey Nicole Ruivivar and Ashley Foster, Ohio and 
Texas Associations of Community Health Centers
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 19:00:00
  00:30 Calicut (Weds.)  21:00 Cape Town  20:00 London  15:00 New York


*How do I Speak-Up at the Speak-Up Sessions?*
Easy. If you haven't opened a Twitter account, today is a good day to 
do it.
To participate and join the chat, follow #WOHA on twitter. Send tweets 
to @WOHA2011, and always put the hashtag #WOHA in your tweets so they 
get where they should. You can also send messages by SMS to +91 
8129094433 or +41 787597991, or comment on the discussion here on 
www.imaxi.org or http://facebook.com/MillionMessageMarch





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