PHM-Exch> 2 workshops for PHA3: soliciting interest from PHM members worldwide

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Leslie London <Leslie.London at uct.ac.za>

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The Learning Network is a collaboration of Civil Society Organisations and
researchers working to identify and share best practice for realising the
Right to Health. The approach of the LN is that the Right to Health cannot
be realised without the active participation of civil society in ensuring a
responsive and accountable health system.

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> We have proposed two activities in the coming People’s Health Assembly in
> Cape Town which we think speak to this vision of an active Civil Society
> having agency to realise the Right to Health, and we want to invite other
> organisation within PHM to indicate whether they would like to share this
> workshop platform.
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> The two activities are:
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> 1. Community Participation through Health Committees as a vehicle for
> realising the Right to Health
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> Health Committees are recognised in South Africa as serving as the
> interface between the community and the health services, and play a
> potentially critical role in realising the vision contained in the Primary
> Health Care approach – particularly in ensuring meaningful community
> participation and the realisation of health as a right. The LN has been
> working with an umbrella body for Health Committees in the Western Cape to
> identify obstacles and opportunities to ensure local level structures are
> able ensure community input and oversight to services in ways that advance
> the realisation of health as a right.
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> We want to share this experience with others doing similar work in other
> parts of the globe, so as to build a community of practice around making
> health committee work for human rights. The workshop will afford
> opportunities for participants who are interest to share their experiences
> in relation to the four main themes of the PHA: 1) How global political and
> economic context impacts on local participation; 2) How Health Committee
> can act as vehicles to address the Social (meaning here both ‘social’ and
> ‘physical’) Determinants of Health; 3) How Health committees can facilitate
> universal access and equity in comprehensive services; 4) How health
> committees can support civil society moblisation for Health for All. We
> envisage participants from different organisations and different countries
> sharing experiences in these themes and invite you to indicate where and
> how you might be interested in contributing and whether you would like to
> co-host this workshop stream in the PHA.
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> The LN, for example, is particularly interested in presenting lessons from
> its work in civil society moblisation for Health for All, but would be open
> to presentations in different areas, where needed.
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> 2. Using materials to mobilise for the Right to Health
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> Advocacy and training material supporting the right to health are commonly
> assumed to be helpful in advancing claims for the right to health by
> community members. But often, materials developed are not used in ways
> speak to the real needs or experiences of people most affected by
> violations for their rights to health, and are not designed with action in
> mind. Materials that rely only on information are likely to be less
> effective, if effective at all.
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> The LN has developed, through a collaboration with civil society
> organisations and researchers over the past 4 years, a set of pamphlets and
> a toolkit on the right to health to support CSO action for the right to
> health, which have been used in different ways to strengthen the agency of
> civil society organisations to defend and claim the right to health. We
> would like to share these experiences with, and hear from other PHM groups,
> concerning the effective use of materials to support Right to Health claims
> by people and organisations most affected by rights violations.
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> The workshop could explore this focus across all the themes of the
> Assembly: 1) How can materials we develop for local action engage with the
> global political and economic context ; 2) How can materials help to
> mobilise action to address the Social (meaning here both ‘social’ and
> ‘physical’) Determinants of Health; 3) How can materials prevent social
> exclusion, facilitate universal access and equity in comprehensive
> services; 4) How can materials most effectively support civil society
> moblisation for Health for All
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> We envisage participants from different organisations and different
> countries sharing experiences in these themes and invite you to indicate
> where and how you might be interested in contributing and whether you would
> like to co-host this workshop stream in the PHA.
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> If you are interested in co-hosting or participating or have suggestions
> regarding these two activities, please contact Nicole directly at
> nicole.fick at uct.ac.za
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<nicole.fick at uct.ac.za>
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> rather than using the phm-exchange to respond.
>
 thanks

> Leslie London and Nicole Fick
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UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN
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