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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">People’s Health Movement: One year after the
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/><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuenca</st1:place></st1:City>
Declaration.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns =
"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">[PHM plans to make yearly
updates after each of its people’s health assemblies every five years. PHA II
was held in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Ecuador</st1:place></st1:country-region> a year ago where the Cuenca
Declaration was approved unanimously by 1,400 participants. The latter
reiterated PHM’s adherence to its People’s Charter for Health
(<st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Bangladesh</st1:place></st1:country-region>, 2000) and set the course
for our movement for the next five years, <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">see </FONT><A
href="http://www.phmovement.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.phmovement.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> ].<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Considering that:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Health still stands high on
the international development agenda and calls for a major push ahead
–now!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The roots of most health
inequities are unchanged: they are social and
political.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Socially-conditioned health
inequalities continue to be an important political
issue.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The social determinants of
health are still not being incorporated into planning in too many countries in
the world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The choice of vocabulary
these days more and more calls for the use of ‘social justice’ and ‘right to
health’ as opposed to ‘efficiency’ and
cost-effectiveness’.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">6.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Health care interventions
targeted at disadvantaged groups still only seek to repair the damage inflicted
by social inequity.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">7.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Health and ill-health
continue to be the result of the prevailing social production process --and that
the same social production process still is delivering an unfair health care
system.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">8.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The prevailing health sector
reform approaches have only attempted to target those worst off in relation to
health care thus helping only a really small part of the population; this has
resulted in strategies that focus primarily on targeted interventions which
simply manage the consequences of poverty. These targeted interventions of
‘health for the poor’ continue to legitimize
poverty.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">9.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">A veritable social gradient
in the access to health is the norm in most countries in the
world.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">10.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The ongoing social exclusion
agenda of the rich is intimately linked to health
inequities.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">11.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Universal health care
coverage programs are still seen as too costly by the Establishment and the
provision of health services is not yet seen as a collective social
responsibility.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">12.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The distribution of health
resources continues to be highly inequitable. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">13.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Countries with highly
authoritarian regimes still have unresponsive governance structures that
frustrate efforts to engage in a true policy dialogue on health issues and to
come up with viable recommendations.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">14.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">The existing barriers to a
true health dialogue with authorities are mostly in the political arena and are
related to power (a dialogue among unequals).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">15.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">It is not primarily a lack of
knowledge that has hampered action on the root causes of
ill-health.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">16.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Policy failure in health is
not primarily a symptom of ignorance, but the logical consequence of existing
unequal power relations.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">17.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Certain influential
constituencies derive benefit from the status quo we observe on global health
matters.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">18.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Physicians continue to
maintain a monopoly over the authoritative discourse and are reluctant to see
this control slip away from them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">19.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Various other health
providers deriving profit from patient care are also resisting change. But
resistance also comes from corporate and commercial
interests.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">20.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Corporations continue to
fight government regulations and controls over labor practices, workplace safety
and environmental impact of their activities….and do anything they can to
minimize their taxes.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">21.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">PRSPs have not resulted in
changes in the neoliberal model and have had only negligible effect on Health
For All <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>--with asymetric power
relations remaining pretty much as they were
before.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">22.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In 2006, as before, IFIs,
multilateral and bilateral health and other development agencies are strongly
influenced by corporate agendas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">23.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Governments still justify
their policies in terms of economic gains rather than in terms of ethical
arguments (For them, what best makes them listen is the argument of
Money).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">24.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Public health scientists
continue to believe that they can influence policy simply by providing
government officials with solid scientific evidence when sound evidence does not
possess an inherent power to spur real change.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PHM thus re-commits itself
to:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">1.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To put all its energies in
furthering the Global Right to Health Care Campaign being launched since
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Cuenca</st1:place></st1:City> (July
2005). <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">2.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To continue to aim at the
root causes of preventable ill-health, malnutrition and health inequalities in
all its advocacy work.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">3.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To forcefully advance a
pro-equity agenda oriented towards practical
action.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">4.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To ensure that the social
determinants of ill-health are sustainably anchored in the policies of countries
worldwide.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">5.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To work to reduce gradients
of wealth and power by working with its constituent grassroots organizations for
them to demand redistribution processes are
introduced.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">6.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">In the same line, to work to
reduce inequities in power; to decrease the population’s exposure to
health-damaging factors; to lessen the vulnerability of disadvantaged people;
and to reduce the unequal consequences of
ill-health.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">7.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To promote universal as
opposed to targeted health and nutrition programs.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">8.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To contribute to fill the
gaps in the scientific evidence base related to social and political
determinants of ill-health and malnutrition and on effective, people-centered
policies and interventions to address them.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">9.<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To become a protagonist in
exerting political pressure in the competition for more resources for primary
health care.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">10.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To demand full political
accountability of duty-bearers in the health
sector.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">11.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To actively lobby for a
specific WHO-internal action agenda that incorporates PHM’s key recommendations
into policy.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">12.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To engage additional civil
society groups as active partners whenever they fully endorse PHM’s People’s
Charter for Health. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">13.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To open channels of strategic
dialogue with key players including the needed organized confrontation with G8
policies detrimental to PHM’s principles.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">14.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To work on programmatic
proposals for interventions in each country that reduce health inequalities
through action on social and political factors affecting the fulfillment of the
right to health.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal
style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list .5in"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">15.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">To tirelessly work as
anti-war activists, staying engaged in current world conflicts, specifically
condemning aggressor and occupying forces, and the health atrocities being
committed. (PHM considers the recent Israeli aggression in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Lebanon</st1:country-region></st1:place>
inhuman and strongly condemns it; PHM regrets the global silence in speaking up
with one voice against it. It affirms its solidarity with the Lebanese
people).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">Therefore:</SPAN></B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt">
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Cognizant that if its
political strategy is not well developed, it may fail to generate the concrete
changes it seeks, PHM has developed a comprehensive policy to cover the aspects
above.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Because of that, government
leaders and decision-makers will often be opposed to many aspects of the PHM
strategy on ideological grounds and will resist PHM members’ advocacy. This does
not deter PHM and its members.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Success will ultimately
depend on widening PHM’s network of alliances. PHM will buy-in on the ongoing
support from major global institutions; this is seen as
essential.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">PHM will align its policy
recommendations with the MDGs <U>only</U> as a tactical step in an effort to
redirect the MDG Movement from within. MDG proponents will thus be PHM’s
tactical, but not strategic allies. Without strong political action on the
<U>processes</U> that are to lead to the attainment of the MDGs, PHM is clear
the MDGs will not be attained. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">In 2006, PHM aims at
generating results and not just words. For that, PHM aims at capturing the
attention of political decision-makers to encourage them and their colleagues to
adopt the PHM agenda.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">PHM will, therefore, define
the opportunities and constraints for action in each country where it is active
and will identify <U>which</U> constituencies may align themselves with the PHM
agenda and <U>which</U> may offer resistance. For this, it will: a) develop a
typology of countries with respect to their capacities for action along the
People’s Charter for Health, <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and b)
classify countries by level of national resources allocated to
health.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">In conclusion, PHM will
play its historical role, and that is above all political --and mostly in the
health sector. It will broker policy dialogue with both its allies and
opponents; in that effort, PHM will use all appropriate modes of
engagement.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=2><STRONG>Global
Secretariat</STRONG></FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">August,
2006<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">We encourage you to share
this document and the address of PHM’s website </FONT><A
href="http://www.phmovement.org/"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">www.phmovement.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> , as well as its list-server at </FONT><A
href="mailto:pha-exchange@lists.kabissa.org"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">pha-exchange@lists.kabissa.org</FONT></A><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> with all the fellow travelers on the (uphill) road for a
better world.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>