PHM-Exch> All Aboard! Destination: Meaningful Participation in Global Health / Survey
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Thu Jun 8 01:28:57 PDT 2017
*On the 'rights' track, your opinion would be food for thought and fuel
for forward motion. All Aboard!*
The human right and principle of participation states that people,
particularly those clearly affected, must be involved in institutional
decisions that have an impact on them, including in the design,
development, implementation and monitoring of the programmes that are
needed.
When the right to participation is applied to health, with
hundreds of millions of people whose lives may depend on these decisions
and policies, their views and ‘voices’ must be through a system of
representation that is equitable and responsive to their needs.
In global health governance, it appears that those most at risk of being
‘left behind’ are also being mostly left out — excluded from
participating in decisions about them. So late last year the IMAXI
Cooperative <https://www.imaxi.org/> began a new and needed initiative:
*All Aboard!*
‘All Aboard’ is a two step research and development project that will
first assess the state of affected community participation in
decision-making bodies within key institutions in global health. We have
gathered together a brilliant group of health and community activists,
academics and public health experts to conduct a methodological,
scientifically robust study. The second step is to apply this knowledge
to the programmatic advance of meaningful participation and accountable
representation. First the scientific research, then the evidence-based
development.
The All Aboard research project is comprehensive, including interviews
with ‘key actors’ in global health, literature reviews and surveys of
members of civil society. We are now rolling out the first survey, which
hopes to reach a common understanding on the terms ‘participation’ and
‘representation’ through a synthesis of many inputs from diverse people
around the world. Your survey responses would be an important
contribution to this research project. Common understanding builds
common cause — *All Aboard! Destination: Meaningful Participation*.
Your opinion and inputs will be applied to developing actions to better
assure that no one is left out, or left behind on the road to better
health and well-being. *Please take 5-10 minutes to do the Survey
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2TZDPWM>*, and pass it on to others.
Thanks, very much.
*All Aboard!*
Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2TZDPWM
Further information: https://www.imaxi.org
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