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face="Times New Roman" size=3>A view from the Secretariat</FONT></STRONG></P>
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align=left><STRONG><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Edition: 02<SPAN
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</SPAN>Aug 27<SUP>th</SUP> 2004</FONT></STRONG></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Continuing with the previous update, this is to keep you
informed about some more of the PHM Activities all over the
world.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>PHM
Mauritius, Africa</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Mouvement Sante Communataire (PHM Mauritius) held its
first International Health Forum as an Alma Ata Anniversary initiative on
31<SUP>st</SUP> July and 1<SUP>st</SUP> August 2004. The Creole and Bhojpuri
translations of the People’s Charter for Health were launched. PHM Global was
represented by Prof. David Sanders (PHM South Africa) and Dr. Zafrullah
Chowdhury (PHM Bangladesh). A more detailed report will be featured on the
Exchange shortly. [Mr. Jagadish Goburdhun (</FONT><A
href="mailto:infoprint@yahoo.com"><SPAN
style="mso-field-code: 'HYPERLINK 'mailto:mscmu@yahoo.co.in''"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">mscmu@yahoo.co.in</FONT></SPAN></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">) and Dr. Rudul Boodhun (</FONT><A
href="mailto:rudul@intnet.mu"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">rudul@intnet.mu</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">)]. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>PHM Geneva,
Europe</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Some PHM members and CETIM Geneva are planning a book on
<B>Neo liberal obstacles to Health for All </B>for release at People’s Health
Assembly in Ecuador. The book will be action oriented with the aim of
encouraging and mobilizing people through awareness raising of the neo-liberal
obstacles to Health for All and to showing that action<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>can be taken to counter it by providing
examples of success in resistance.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">To increase the widest possible representation in the
book, the group may organize workshops on the themes / chapters at PHA II for
inputs, comments and additions.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">It will be multi-sectoral in focus and editions in
French, English, Spanish are planned. All PHM members are invited to contribute
and circulate [contact Alison (</FONT><A href="mailto:katza@who.int"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">katza@who.int</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman">)
and Claudio (</FONT><A href="mailto:Claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Claudio@hcmc.netnam.vn</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">) for further details].<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>PHM Italy,
Europe</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">AIFO Italy, the PHM focal point in Italy and PHM Africa
are inviting articles in English, French, Portuguese, Italian from activists,
NGOs and grass roots organizations based in Africa related to experience of
innovative approaches in community involvement; community participation;
community awareness; improving access and awareness and health care for
disadvantaged groups; and creative methods for health promotion and
strengthening of local organizations.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Articles selected by an International Jury will be part
of a book to be released and distributed at PHA II. The objective is to give
more international voice to health activists in Africa; advocate greater
support; strengthen networking; and enhance involvement of Africa in PHM and PHA
II [For further details contact Sunil Deepak – </FONT><A
href="mailto:sunil.deepak@aifo.it"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">sunil.deepak@aifo.it</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">]. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>Karachi,
Pakistan</FONT></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dr. Kausar Khan, Professor of Social Sciences at Aga Khan
University and a PHM supporter informed us of her recent experience of teaching
the People’s Charter for Health and using the Russian version of the Charter as
a discussion document among students in Tajikistan in a 3 week course on
Community based social development. The students have shared their endorsement
through her. (</FONT><A href="mailto:kausar.skhan@aku.edu"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">kausar.skhan@aku.edu</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman">). <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">[<B><I>If any of you have used the charter or any other
PHM materials in your training programes and courses, please let us
know</I></B>].<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">IFMSA – PHM Evolving
Linkage<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>The <B>International Federation of Medical Students Association
(</B>IFMSA) co-facilitated a workshop on Medical education at PHA – I in
December 2000. At Geneva, May 2004, the PHM Coordinator met around 12-14 IFMSA
delegates to WHA and after a short orientation, invited them to actively link
into PHM by joining GHW and PHA II initiatives. They were also encouraged to
involve their members, who are bilingual (English / Spanish) to help Latin
American PHM with PHA II.</FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoBodyText style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>Emily Spry, the president of IFMSA writes – “Its excellent to hear from
you. I know that Andreas has already been talking to some youth organizations
about volunteers for the PHA<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in
Ecuador (</FONT><A href="mailto:lunesco@ifmsa.org"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>lunesco@ifmsa.org</FONT></A><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>). At the
moment we are all in Macedonia with around 600 students from 80 countries
arriving tomorrow for our General Assembly. Thanks again and delighted to have
our links with PHM revived”.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
<H1 style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">Global Health
Watch<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></H1>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 5pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">This initiative towards an Alternative World Health
report is evolving though meetings, teleconferencing and email dialogue with the
objective of providing a platform for academics, policy analysis, activists and
non governmental organizations to promote the accountability of global
institution that effect health (WHO, WTO, G8, World Bank); identify unfair,
injustice policies and practices at global and national level; highlight needs
of the poor and reinvigorate the principles of Health for All; shift health
policies to recognize political, social and economic barriers to health; and
advocate alternative to market driven approach. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 4pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The GHW initiative, a collaborative effort of PHM with
Global Equity Gauge Alliance and Medact have called for case studies short
essays and testimonies for the 2005 report. (visit </FONT><A
href="http://www.ghwatch.org.uk/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.ghwatch.org.uk</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> for further details and
contributions)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Looking forward to hearing from all of
you<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Best wishes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The PHM Secretariat Team<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 8.5pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PS: One of the purposes of these short updates from the
secretariat in the exchange is to invite the “PHM - Digital conduits” to
disseminate the information further to the e-marginalised groups with whom they
are working [Digital conduits are the PHM friends who are moderately e-enabled
and could act as a conduits to disseminate information and bring the voices of
the e-marginalised into this newsletter. So do circulate this newsletter to
others, who cannot access]<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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