<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Chiara Bodini</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chiara.bodini@unibo.it">chiara.bodini@unibo.it</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<div class="im"><p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="CENTER"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b><br></b></font></font></p><div align="center"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><b>International
conference:
health justice – worldwide!</b></font></font>
<br>
<font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i><b>The prospects for
“global health”: debating the alternatives</b></i></font></font>
</div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="center"></p>
</div><div align="center"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">Side
meeting organized in
collaboration with the People's Health Movement (PHM)</font></font>
<br><div class="im">
“<font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="3"><span lang="en-GB"><b>HEALTH
JUSTICE
IN EUROPE – networking workshop”</b></span></font></font>
<br>
</div><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><div class="im"><i>Berlin, 18.09.10, 3-6
pm<br>
<br>
</i></div><u><b><big><big><big>REPORT</big></big></big></b></u><i><br>
</i></font></font></div><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB"></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Short
</span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>background
on the People's Health Movement</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">
– PHM (</span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><i>Alexis
Benos</i></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">).
Many people in Europe are somehow linked to the PHM, but the majority
of them work in the South of the world and not as much in the EU
itself.</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><i>Narendra
Gupta</i></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">
clarifies the</span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>
three main activities</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">
that PHM is carrying out worldwide at the moment:</span></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="JUSTIFY"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">campaigning
for the right to health care</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="JUSTIFY"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">IPHU</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="JUSTIFY"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">publication
of the Global Health Watch (two reports already published; third in
process)</font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">Basic
PHM documents: People's Charter For Health; The Cuenca Declaration. A
draft for a right to health bill has been elaborated, but many
aspects need to be still defined before it is made available. More
information at </span></font></font><font color="#000080"><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://www.phmovement.org/" target="_blank"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">www.phmovement.org</font></font></a></u></span></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">.
</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">After
a brief self </span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>introduction</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">
(see attached file “Berlin_PHM meeting_participants.xls” for
contacts' details), each participant stated his/her </span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>expectations</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">
for the meeting and for networking, as well as his/her potential
</span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>contributions</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">.
These statements are summarized in the following table:</span></font></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB"><br>
</p>
</div></div><table width="645" border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0">
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<p lang="en-GB" align="CENTER"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2"><b>EXPECTATIONS</b></font></font></p>
</td>
<td width="237" bgcolor="#e6e6e6">
<p lang="en-GB" align="CENTER"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2"><b>CONTRIBUTIONS</b></font></font></p>
</td>
</tr>
</thead> <tbody>
<tr valign="TOP">
<td width="390"><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<ul>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Find issues and work together on them
(e.g. education but also others)</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Network on global health (GH) teaching</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Know (or learn more about) PHM and
PHM Europe</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Develop new ideas around the issue of
“global health”</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Find out how the UK network for
Global Health Education (GHE) can exchange and share experiences with
similar networks across Europe</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Get the students into the discussion
on GH and GHE</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">See what we have in common</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Networking for the right to health in
the EU</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Work on international publications in
the GH field</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Exchange local experiences</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Experts and people work together
locally on global health issues</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Networking in the EU</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Get GHE into the medical curricula
and share experiences</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Find out about grievances that people
might have and that are not addressed in the fragmented GH governance</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Open space where young people and
experts/senior activists can interact</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Discuss with non-medicals on health
issues</font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</div></div><ul><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Find a way to work with the PHM at
the European level</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Work on advocacy to the EU</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Participation of PHM (Europe) to the
Conference in Brasilia</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Gather people of PHM EU</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Exchange with PHM Asia, Africa, South
America etc. for mutual learning</font></font></p>
</li>
</div></div><li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Put PHM Europe on the rail, rooting
it locally </font></font> </p>
</li><div class="im">
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Get new ideas and inspiration</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">PHM Europe as a place to discuss
education, research and practice in GH, develop interactions among
academics and civil society in order to move from knowledge to action</font></font></p>
</li>
</div></ul>
</td>
<td width="237">
<ul>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Experience on issues related to drug
policies in the EU</font></font></p>
</li><div class="im">
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Enthusiasm, commitment, experience in
GHE</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Link up people and organizations in
the UK</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Links to people in London and in
South America for GHE</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Epidemiological expertise for research</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Connections with students' networks
in the EU and internationally</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Exchange and sharing of local
experiences</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Academic experience on social
security (political sciences perspective)</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Experience and knowledge on GH issues</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Help in building networks in the EU,
helping to put PHM ideas in the public debate</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Links with a broader platform in
Belgium (social movements, trade unions, NGOs...)</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Experience in working on the right to
health + EU trade policies and their impact on health</font></font></p>
</li>
</div><li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">GandHI experience (GHE for German
medical students)</font></font></p>
</li><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Academic experience + teaching</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Experience on drug policies</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p lang="en-GB"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font style="font-size:9pt" size="2">Primary health care experience</font></font></p>
</li>
</div></div></ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table><div><div></div><div class="h5">
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%"><br>
</p>
<font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">After a plenary
discussion, the group split into three working groups in order to
address the main issues that had emerged:</font></font>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><u><b>GLOBAL
HEALTH EDUCATION (GHE)</b></u></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">share experiences, perspectives, materials, training
opportunities, academic resources, projects... fulfil the
“responsibility” of being academics</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">possibly agree on a common curriculum for GHE (separate
courses or integration in the curriculum?)</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">issues we agree on: </font></font> </p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>GH is NOT Tropical Medicine (...but what exactly is GH?)</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>GHE should be student-centred</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>GHE should involve fields other than the medical one</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>GHE should involve civil society</i></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-style:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><b>ideas to be developed/implemented:</b></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">summer school (or other kind of common training program that
we could jointly develop) on GH</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT">“<font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-style:normal"><span style="font-weight:normal">adopt” a scientific journal, possibly
open access, in order to publish papers on GHE (options: Globalization
and Health; International Health)</span></span></span></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">write an open letter to Richard Horton, editor of The Lancet,
in order to ask for help in opening a transparent debate on a GHE agenda</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">hold a specific session on GHE during the next meeting of
this PHM EU network</font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">feedback to
be circulated as soon as possible and </span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>next
immediate steps</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">:</span></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB">the document “European Academic Alliance for Global
Health – Preparatory Meeting, 10.03.2010” will be circulated among the
whole group, in order to receive comments; </span></font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Oliver</b></span></font></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"> Johnson,
who is in touch with a couple of people from the Alliance, will reach
them in order to start a dialogue, present our network and understand
whether there is a chance for further collaboration (if possible, some
representatives of the Alliance will be invited to our next meeting)</span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><u><b>GLOBAL
HEALTH ACTION IN EUROPE</b></u></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="text-decoration:none"><b> (“local structures”)</b></span></span></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">working
with people in local structures</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">ensuring
long-term projects</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">for which
goals do we need “new” medical ethics + health education?</font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>re-empowerment</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>turning professionals from service providers to community
workers (and vice-versa)</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>exchange of experiences and models (north/south)</i></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><i>develop non-commercial models</i></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT">
<br>
</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><u><b>NETWORKING
ACROSS EUROPE</b></u></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b> (“communication-networking-advocacy”)</b></span></font></font></p>
<ul>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">social networking needed, not just email list</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal">idea: </span></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>create a
platform</b></span></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal"> (Elgg
– open source social networking platform) + web space for exchanging
information and for debate; people and organizations can create their
profile and participate to the debate, suggest issues for advocacy, etc.</span></span></font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">in each country there should be a “focal point”, in order to
do gate keeping and avoid that too many people access the platform
(restrict to PHM affiliates?)</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;font-weight:normal;line-height:120%" lang="en-GB" align="LEFT"> <font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2">English will be the common language, at least in the beginning</font></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="LEFT"><font color="#ff0000"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Sebastian</b></span></font></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal"> (Heidelberg) and </span></span></font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Ardigò</b></span></font></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal"> (Bologna) will further develop these
concept ideas and present a prototype platform to the group</span></span></font></font></p>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<br>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm;line-height:120%" align="JUSTIFY"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal">Afterwords,
the three groups met again and a person from each group reported to
the plenary. We then decided that the group from Bologna should be in
charge of sending a report of the meeting and administering the
mailing list in this first phase. </span></span></font></font><font color="#ff0000"><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><b>Andreas</b></span></font></font></font><font face="ARial, sans-serif"><font size="2"><span lang="en-GB"><span style="font-weight:normal">
Wulf will explore the possibility of a next meeting in Berlin at the
beginning of December. Everybody agrees that we should meet again
quite soon, possibly having more time to discuss in depth the issues
that we started identifying and that are of common interest.</span></span></font></font></p>
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