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On 9/29/2010 1:30 AM, Kathleen Vissers wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal">Greetings from the Health Equity Committee,
Ottawa, Canada.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">As you might already know, an international
group of community health practitioners, researchers and
activists under the broad umbrella of People’s Health Movement
(PHM) and International People’s Health University (IPHU) have
been successful in their application for the “Global Health
Research Initiative” and have been awarded the “Teasdale-Corti
Grant” for their <b>4 year research-in-action proposal titled
“Revitalizing Health For All: Learning >From
Comprehensive Primary Health Care (CPHC) Experiences”. </b> Research
has been ongoing. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The main objective of the research has been
to set up and strengthen a global network to increase the
understanding of, and support for, CPHC as a basis for health
systems revitalization, among researchers, practitioners,
policy-makers and civil society organizations (CSOs). Towards
the same, the research project aims to study CPHC projects and
their impact, integrated with training of CPHC researchers,
activists and policy makers with a view of revitalizing the
concept and movement of Health for All. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You were contacted in the past to aid us
with a grey literature review, which was very successful. Work
is now in progress to update the grey literature review, which
only contained material up to 2007. We would like to publish a
paper in the near future concerning this material however we
are in great need of more recent grey literature
(2008-present) if we are to publish a complete and up-to-date
paper.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We write this mail with the
request for your help in making this grey literature review a
comprehensive and effective process. Towards this regards we
will appreciate your help in sending us, sharing with us and
directing us to any of the grey literature available on CPHC
experiences in<b> India, Bangladesh, Bhutan</b><b>, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Lebanon, Palestine, Iran and
Philippines</b>.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The grey literature may include
and not be restricted to following types of the information:</p>
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<li class="MsoNormal">Reports (Evaluation reports,
pre-prints, preliminary progress and advanced reports,
technical reports, statistical reports, memoranda,
state-of-the art reports, market research reports, case
study reports, NGO reports, etc.)</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Conceptual and working papers
on PHC activities</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Annual reports of organizations
involved in PHC</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Newsletters, Working papers,
Fact sheets, Bulletins about PHC experiences</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Government reports, Documents,
Policies on PHC</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Thesis, Dissertations, Study
reports, Conference proceedings</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Technical and commercial
documentation, and official documents</li>
<li class="MsoNormal">Reports about components of
CPHC (e.g. Training of Community Health Workers, Community
Participation, etc.)</li>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We would also be happy if you can
also send us the details of such literature/projects you have
come across but not in possession of documents. If enough
identification details about the project can be given, we will
make our best efforts to contact the concerned
organizations/people to obtain details. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What we are requesting is sharing
your time, invaluable knowledge and information in this
solidarity mission of revitalizing the movement of Health for
All. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We hope to hear a positive response from
you at earliest.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Kathleen Vissers</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Research Assistant</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:rgb(31, 73, 125)">Institute of Population Health / </span><span style="font-size:12pt">Institut de recherche sur la santé
des populations<br></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:rgb(31, 73, 125)" lang="EN-US"> Ottawa,
Ontario, Canada</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Baskerville Old Face","serif";color:rgb(31, 73, 125)" lang="EN-US">e-mail: </span><span style="font-size:12pt" lang="FR"><a href="mailto:rlabonte@uottawa.ca" title="This external link will open in a new window" target="_blank"><span style="color:rgb(31, 73, 125)" lang="EN-US">kviss100@uottawa.ca</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12pt"></span></p>
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