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<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=5
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>“Solidarity,
synergy and popular resistance to push the struggle for health for all”<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
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<div style='border:none;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:
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<p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;
padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>The
People’s Health Assembly-2,<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>17-22
July, 2005, </span></font></b><st1:place><st1:City><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=4><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
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normal'><font size=4><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-ansi-language:
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<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b><st1:date
Month="7" Day="15" Year="2005"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>15 July 2005</span></font></b></st1:date><font
size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>: </span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Stage is set for the second People’s Health
Assembly (PHA-2). Over 1500 people from over 80 countries are gathering in this
city <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>from 17-22 July, 2005.<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>PHA -2 is organised jointly by the People’s
Health Movement and the Frente Nacional por la Salud de los Pueblos de Ecuador
(National Front for the People’s </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Health</span></font></st1:City><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Ecuador</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“PHA-2 is happening at a critical time- Unfair
trade agreements, unchecked privatisation, militarization and violence is
blocking health for the majority of the people worldwide” said Dr. Arturo
Quizphe (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Ecuador</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>), the co-ordinator of PHA 2.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The assembly will push for recognising the right to
health by the governments all over the world and calling for a full stop of the
corporate abuse of health.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Solidarity, synergy and resistance form the common
theme of the assembly that will bring people from </span></font><st1:place><b
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b><st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
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style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Americas</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>, </span></font></b><st1:country-region><st1:place><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Australia</span></font></b></st1:place></st1:country-region><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>. </span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Several
of them are frontline health workers from rural areas.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“I am here to acquaint myself with people who
have the same belief of social justice” said Dr. Noluthando Ford (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>South Africa</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>).“Working together and solidarity is needed to
reduce health inequities to the disadvantaged” she said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2;border:none;
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size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Africa</span></font></st1:place><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> is sending several delegates who are expected to
critique the recently held G-8 summit and develop strategies to step up pressure
on donor countries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;
mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>“People’s Health Movement is essentially a grass root
movement that was born out of the pressing need to take up the issue of health
for all” said Dr. Prem John (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>India</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>). “The movement has been growing by building alliances with a
variety of groups and movements” he said. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>The
assembly will be represented by people from various walks of life, like
students, health workers, trade unionists, researchers, academics, medical
professionals and journalists.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>“Today,
health means different things to different people” said Dr. Hani Serag (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>Egypt</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>). “In the middle east, conflicts and militarization is one of the
biggest blocks in achieving health” he said. A delegation from </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>Palestine</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'> is
expected to highlight the plight of people and devastation of health care in
the </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Occupied</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Territories</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'> of </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Palestine</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold'>. War, conflicts and militarization is a central theme of the assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>International
launch of the first </span></font><st1:PersonName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Global Health Watch</span></font></span></b></st1:PersonName><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Report</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> (GHW), termed the Alternative World Health Report,
will be one of the highlights of the Assembly.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>“The
PHM is striking a balance- between frontline activists and health workers and
serious researchers and academics” said Dr. Claudio Shuftan (</span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Vietnam</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> / </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Mexico</span></font></st1:place></st1:country-region><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>). “The launch of the International
People’s </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Health</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> is a step to bring the rigour of academic research
into health activism” he said.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>International
People’s </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Health</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, launched this week as a build up to the assembly, is
being attended by students and faculties from over 40 countries.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>PHA 2 will challenge and confront the forces and
empires of corporate greed, disastrous policies of the international financial
institutions and the inaction of governments and UN institutions. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='text-align:justify;background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>World Health Organisation is sending their
representatives to the assembly. Representatives from several other
international NGOs and national NGOs, consumer and environmental groups and
others are also expected.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Peoples
Health Movement is a coalition of peoples´ organisations, movements, civil
society organisations, health professionals, academics, students working
towards making HEALTH FOR ALL a reality. <br>
<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>PHA-1
took place in </span></font><st1:place><st1:City><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Savar</span></font></st1:City><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, </span></font><st1:country-region><font size=2
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Bangladesh</span></font></st1:country-region></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>December
2000 with 1500 participants from 75 countries. PHA 1 came out with the People’s
Charter for Health, the manifesto of the People’s Health Movement. The
Charter is considered as the largest consensus document on health. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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solid windowtext .5pt;padding:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in;background:#FFFFF2'>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:
solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>For media enquiries for PHA-2, please call:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=NormalWeb2 style='background:#FFFFF2;border:none;mso-border-top-alt:
solid windowtext .5pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:1.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>+593<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>919 6 17 12 (<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Unnikrishnan
</span></b>- <a href="mailto:unnikru@yahoo.com">unnikru@yahoo.com</a><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>) or<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'>Gloria</span></font></b><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> (Eng and Spanish): 0 9873 9376
(From abroad : dial +593<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>9873 9376)
<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Fabiola </span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>(Spanish)
: 0 9453 0115 (From abroad : dial +593<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>9453 0115 )<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;tab-stops:list .5in'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
Arial;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Sanjana</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'> / <b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Satya </span></b>(English):<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>0 9156 2935<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(From abroad : dial +593<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>9156 2935)<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> (</span></b><a
href="mailto:sanjanab@yahoo.com">sanjanab@yahoo.com</a>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=4
face=Arial><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a href="http://www.phmovement.org/">www.phmovement.org</a><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>and<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://www.iphcglobal.org/">www.iphcglobal.org</a></span></font></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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