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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=ruglucia@PAHO.ORG
href="mailto:ruglucia@PAHO.ORG">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</A> </DIV>
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<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
color=maroon size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: maroon; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">WHO
forum: making partnerships work for health<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">26-28
October 2005 - <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">
</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Website:
</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2005/global_forum/about/en/index.html"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">http://www.who.int/mediacentre/events/2005/global_forum/about/en/index.html</SPAN></FONT></A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">“…..The
Forum is a dynamic and interactive engagement of action and commitment for its
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Member</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">States</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, Secretariat and
Interested Parties (NGOs, foundations, partnerships, academia, the private
sector, and UN agencies and financing institutions) to tackle these issues.
While sessions will concentrate on the above questions, discussions will also
focus on action needed to improve health outcomes in
countries.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">To
ensure concrete results of the Forum, three sub-themes have been chosen to
provide a mechanism for constructive dialogue. These three themes
are:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">•
Making every mother and child count <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• Human
resources for health <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">•
Preventing chronic disease <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=navy
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">One day
will be designated around each theme, with the overarching principle of
illustrating the power of partnerships for health - in other words, showing how
they have contributed to positive changes in the health and lives of people. Due
to popular demand, participation to these sessions will be by invitation.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Expected results of
the Forum<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The
Forum represents a new opportunity for partners to demonstrate and witness the
types of partnerships that work, to frankly discuss the tough issues, and to
engage in dialogue towards taking partnerships further. Participants will come
away from the Forum with:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• New
knowledge through exchange of case studies, on what types of partnerships for
health work and why <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">• A
vision to tangibly demonstrate the synergies that create solutions and to show
that partnerships is about people <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">•
Engagement with new partners - an excellent opportunity to network
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial color=#333399
size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">•
Tangible tools - examples of visible outcomes as a result of effective
partnerships - models of modalities and mechanisms that work
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">•
Commitment to forge new and innovative ways of working together
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Background
documents<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://www.hlfhealthmdgs.org/Documents/AfricasWorkforce-Final.pdf"
target=_new><FONT color=#333399><SPAN
style="COLOR: #333399">Addressing health workforce crisis: an avenue
for action [pdf 323kb]</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR>Second Meeting of High
Level Forum on Health MDGs, December 2004, Abuja <BR><BR><A
href="http://www.who.int/entity/hrh/about_whr06/en/index.html"><FONT
color=#333399><SPAN style="COLOR: #333399">World health report
2006</SPAN></FONT></A> <BR>Draft outline of the World health report
2006, on the health workforce <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><B><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Late
in 2005 the launch of the report
on:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
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color=#333399 size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Preventing
chronic diseases: a vital
investment<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in"><FONT face=Arial
color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Dr JoAnne
Epping-Jordan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Chronic
Diseases and Health Promotion, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental
Health<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">World
Health Organization<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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color=#333399 size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">20 Avenue
Appia, CH-1211 <st1:City w:st="on">Geneva</st1:City> 27, <st1:place
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Email:
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href="mailto:eppingj@who.int"><FONT color=#333399><SPAN lang=FR
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT face=Arial color=#333399 size=1><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #333399; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> Fax:
+41 22 7914259
www.who.int/chp/en/<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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