<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">Dear Friends,<BR>
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>From July 17 to July 24, 2005 over 1,500 health activists from 80 different <BR>
countries came together at the People's Health Assembly II (PHA2) in Cuenca, <BR>
Ecuador. Social Medicine Portal Editor Lanny Smith was there and brings back his <BR>
report on this meeting of popular and civil society organizations, NGOs, <BR>
social activists, health professionals, academics and researchers all sharing the <BR>
vision of "Health for All, NOW."<BR>
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www.socialmedicine.org<BR>
Para espanol: http://phmovement.org/pha2/es/<BR>
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Matt Anderson<BR>
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