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face="Times New Roman">PHM calls on WHO to recommit to ‘Health for
All’<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
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face="Times New Roman">The People's Health Movement (PHM), a global coalition of
health activists, has welcomed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) renewed
focus on primary health care (PHC) and called on it to again pursue the goal of
‘Health for All’ as described in the 1978 Declaration of Alma
Ata.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
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face="Times New Roman">At a round table meeting on primary health care at the
60<SUP>th</SUP> World Health Assembly in Geneva, civil society, government and
WHO representatives from around the world discussed the obstacles to
implementation of the Declaration along with new challenges that have emerged
since 1978. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">"We must reclaim the fire of Alma Ata before we are only
left with its ashes", said Dr Halfdan Mahler, former Director General of the WHO
and architect of the Alma Ata Declaration. He said the declaration was the high
point of collaboration between WHO and NGOs. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dr Mahler also cautioned those at the meeting to remember
that there were two aspects to the Declaration – primary care and “health for
all”. “Health is politics”, said Dr Mahler, adding that recommitting to primary
health care must address new challenges and not merely be a technical
exercise.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'">Health
workers from all continents of the world spoke at the round table about their
experiences and the challenges they faced. Despite a long history of PHC in
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Dr Jihal Mashal said, “the current conflict has severely reduced access to and
quality of health care for Palestinians.” Other participants, including from
Sudan, Iraq, Nigeria, Thailand, New Zealand and Norway, said that there was much
rhetoric about community participation in primary health care but that this has
been hard to put into practice. This had led to the alienation of ordinary
citizens from public health systems and the proliferation of expensive private
health services. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Participants also shared experiences of progress and
solutions in their countries. Dr Thelma Narayan said that in India, “a
‘public-public’ partnership between civil society and government was bringing
about change to respect the right to health.”<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">According to the PHM, the WHO should define the concept
of Primary Health Care to reflect the broad vision of the Alma Ata declaration.
For this it must incorporate the following principles:
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>* A systems-wide approach that includes public health interventions,
health promotion activities and hospital services.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>* A health system that is progressively financed, inclusive and
equitable. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>* Address the social, political and
economic determinants of health and implement multi-sectoral action to improve
health – not just healthcare.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>* A community empowerment approach which enables people to act towards
improving their health and the conditions they live
in.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>* A health system based on the 'Right to Health' recognising the
entitlements of citizens.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman"><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>* The appropriate use of technology sensitive to local contexts and
people's traditional culture. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">New challenges in the implementation of primary health
care programs include: <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The proliferation of selective health care
programmes<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
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face="Times New Roman">Global public-private
partnerships<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
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style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">The new market economy in
health<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Unfair globalisation<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN
style="mso-list: Ignore">·<SPAN
style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'">
</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Dominance of patent rights over patient
rights<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><o:p><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> </FONT></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Lucida Grande'"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">“Any renewal of primary health care, while reiterating
the core principles, must address these new challenges at local, national,
regional and global levels, and bring the health of marginalised groups to the
centre of the commitment to 'Health for All’” the PHM said.
<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">For further
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Satya
Sivaraman: +41-765354437 (Geneva)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 13pt; COLOR: black"><FONT face="Times New Roman">Dr Kumanan
Rasanathan: +41-787842883 (Geneva)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></SPAN></P>
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