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<P>Global Health Watch</P></B></FONT><FONT size=4>
<P>Mobilising Civil Society around an Alternative World Health
Report</P></FONT><B><FONT size=2>
<P align=center>GHW Update 11 – October 2005</P>
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<P>GHW 2 and move of secretariat to South Africa!</P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>Plans for the Global Health Watch 2007-2008 (GHW2) are underway which include
a move of the secretariat to the Global Equity Gauge Alliance (GEGA) office at
the Health Systems Trust in South Africa in October. The secretariat will be led
by Antionette Ntuli and Bridget Lloyd of GEGA with the support of David Sanders
from the University of the Western Cape. Thanks to Medact for hosting the GHW1
secretariat for the last two years.</P>
<P>The GHW2 will be coordinated by a coalition of GEGA, Medact and the People’s
Health Movement (PHM) together with a new partner - the Health Research and
Consultancy Centre (CEAS) based in Quito, Ecuador. We would like to encourage
movements, activist organisations, NGOs and academic institutions who are active
and interested in the broad themes of the GHW (globalisation, health care,
social determinants of health, monitoring of global institutions that govern
international health policy) to participate in the process of producing GHW2. We
are planning a consultation process to invite comment on the themes suggested
for GHW2. If you are interested in joining the collaboration - contact
</FONT><U><FONT face=Univers color=#0000ff size=2>ghw@medact.org</U></FONT><FONT
size=2>. </P></FONT><B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>
<P>Latin American Health Watch 2!</P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>A Latin American Health Watch 2007-2008 (LAHW2) is also planned and will be
led by CEAS in Ecuador. CEAS is the key GHW contact for the Latin America
region. </P></FONT><B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>
<P>Spin-offs from GHW 2005-2006!</P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>There has been much interest and enthusiasm to follow on some of the key
themes from the GHW1 report. Notable activities are:</P>
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<P>the production of a book based on the chapter Global influences on people’s
health</P>
<P>Medact is looking to develop a project on climate change and health</P>
<P>COHRED has made a booklet out of the Health research chapter and presented it
at the Forum for Health Research in Mumbai</P>
<P>The GHW Secretariat are planning to produce popular versions of several of
the key chapters of GHW1</P>
<P>The GHW Secretariat is planning advocacy work around the WHO and health
systems chapters of GHW1</P>
<P>Country watches in a number of countries are planned – more on this in the
next newsletter.</P></DIR>
<P>If you have used or are planning to use the GHW for teaching purposes or for
future projects we would really like to know – send a message to </FONT><U><FONT
face=Univers color=#0000ff size=2>ghw@medact.org</P></U></FONT><FONT
size=2></FONT><B><FONT color=#ff0000 size=4>
<P>GHW launches still to come! </P></B></FONT><FONT size=2>
<P>Launches have been held so far in London, Cuenca, the Netherlands, France,
Italy, Germany and Australia. Launches are planned for Mexico, Argentina,
Brazil, India, Canada, Egypt, Serbia and Montenegro, Malaysia, USA, Pakistan,
South Africa, Greece, Iran, Spain and Sweden. To get involved in launches
planned or to hold your own launch please contact us at </FONT><U><FONT
face=Univers color=#0000ff size=2>ghw@medact.org</U></FONT><FONT
size=2>.</P></FONT><FONT size=1>
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