PHM-Exch> Less than 3 months to go before the Third People’s Health Assembly.

[Claudio Schuftan]

Approximately every 5 years, the People’s Health
Movement<http://www.phmovement.org/>(PHM) organises a People’s
Health Assembly (PHA) <http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3>. This year from
6-11 July 2012, the Third People’s Health Assembly will take place at the
University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa bringing health
activists, civil society, academics, communities, health professionals,
networks and individuals from across the world together to analyse global
health and to strategise jointly towards Health for All.



The Assembly  is more than an event, it is part of an ongoing process which
aims to create sustainable structures and dynamics, both within and outside
the health sector, which will continue to drive coordinated action to
secure universal and equitable access to health and health care in
particular comprehensive primary health care as described in the Alma Ata
Declaration; to address social determinants of health and in particular the
growing inequity within and between nations, mostly due to the unfair
economic structures. It aims to increase the capacity of civil society and
health activists to engage with and intervene in the policy making process,
to monitor and drive policy implementation, to ensure sustainable,
equitable and accountable health systems and to build a productive dialogue
on governance in health care.



The first Assembly took place in the year 2000, with more than 1500 people
from over 70 different countries coming together in Bangladesh as a global
reaction to the failure in realising Health for All. This Assembly was
preceded by community mobilisation and actions worldwide. The voices
emerging from this Assembly, together with the spirit of solidarity and
coordinated action towards positive change led to the development of the
People’s Charter for Health and the formation of the People’s Health
Movement . The People’s Charter for Health is now translated in over 40
languages and used worldwide as an advocacy tool to achieve Health for All.




The Second PHA held in Ecuador, drew in over 1400 health activists in a
gathering which revitalised and inspired continuation of the movement and
the struggle for better health. Now PHM is in full preparation for PHA3!
Across the world, people are gathering testimonies, success stories and
violations of the right to health, with the aim of strengthening the
movement and action towards equity and health for all.



The main themes of the assembly are ‘The Global Political and Economic
context of health’, ‘Social and Physical Environments that destroy or
promote health’, ‘Universal coverage and equity in comprehensive and
integrated health systems’ and ‘Beyond the Crisis: Mobilizing for Health
for All’.

The draft program is now online.<http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3/programme>



The final draft program is online on www.phmovement.org. Each day the
program will focus on analyses of global health as well on action and each
session aims to contribute to the Call to Action which will be developed
before and during the event and will set the direction of the movement for
the coming 5 years. Organisations and networks can be part of the PHA3
through organising a workshop or session.



How to get involved<http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3/pre-assembly-activities>
?



We would encourage you to link up with health activist around the world and
in your region to connect and engage with country and regional processes in
the lead up to PHA3. For more information please refer to our
website<http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3>,
link up with us on facebook
<https://www.facebook.com/groups/PHA3.global/>and twitter (#pha3) and
link up with the mobilisation
processes in your
region<http://www.phmovement.org/en/pha3/pre-assembly-activities>.
Registration for the PHA3 is open online.



Feel free to contact the global secretariat on anneleen at phmovment.org for
any further questions.
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