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<b>Come tell the WHO and its 193 member governments what you think.<br>
Speak-Up Sessions at the 2nd World OPEN Health Assembly.<br>
Together, civil society will forge its own recommendations for the
World Health Organization</b><br>
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Tuesday 17 May, the second day of WOHA 2011, will feature a
half-dozen diverse Speak-Up Sessions, moderated by partners in
India, South Africa, United Kingdom and the USA. These experts and
activists will help guide 1 hour global chats on twitter, with
inputs also by SMS, Facebook and blogs. The topics for each session
are the moderators choice, derived from the WHO/WHA official agenda
(or what’s missing) and related issues of interest to their
community members / followers and ‘newly-involved’ people around the
world. These Speak-Up Sessions encourage people to join in the
‘open’ drafting of recommendations on 18-22 May of a policy document
which will be handed to Dr. Chan, DG WHO in Geneva on the 24th of
May. Speak-Up Session inputs and messages will also be included in
the final declarations at the end of the Million Message March at
the High Commission on Human Rights in December.<br>
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<b>Speak-Up Sessions Tuesday 17 May</b><br>
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<b>Does Your Community Care?</b><br>
Moderated by Saif Sabil, IPM / National Rural Health Mission,
Calicut India <br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 10:00:00 GMT <br>
15:30 Calicut 11:00 CapeTown 12:00 London 06:00 New York<br>
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<b>Why invest in palliative care in the era of austerity? </b><br>
Moderated by Claire Morris, The WorldWide Palliative Care Alliance,
London, UK<br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 11:00:00 GMT<br>
16:30 Calicut 13:00 Cape Town 12:00 London 07:00 New York<br>
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<b>Ouch! Why can't we have universal access to drugs for severe
pain?</b><br>
Moderated by Keith Mienies, African Palliative Care Association,
Cape Town<br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 12:00:00<br>
17:30 Calicut 14:00 Capetown 13:00 London 08:00 New York<br>
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<b>Does the right to health extend to people who use drugs?</b><br>
Moderated by Mat Southwell, INPUD, London<br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 13:00:00 <br>
18:30 Calicut 15:00 Cape Town 14:00 London 09:00 New York<br>
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<b>Universal Access for Women and Girls - Where's the Money? </b><br>
Co-moderated by Anandi Yuvaraj ICW A-P, Delhi and Celina DCosta
Menezes, IMAXI Cooperative, Kerala<br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 13:00:00 <br>
19:30 Calicut 16:00 Cape Town 15:00 London 10:00 New York<br>
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<b>Why would enabling communities to govern their own health help
the world?</b><br>
Co-Moderated by Lindsey Nicole Ruivivar and Ashley Foster, Ohio and
Texas Associations of Community Health Centers<br>
Tuesday, 17 May 2011, 19:00:00<br>
00:30 Calicut (Weds.) 21:00 Cape Town 20:00 London 15:00 New
York<br>
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<b>How do I Speak-Up at the Speak-Up Sessions?</b><br>
Easy. If you haven't opened a Twitter account, today is a good day
to do it. <br>
To participate and join the chat, follow #WOHA on twitter. Send
tweets to @WOHA2011, and always put the hashtag #WOHA in your tweets
so they get where they should. You can also send messages by SMS to
+91 8129094433 or +41 787597991, or comment on the discussion here
on <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.imaxi.org">www.imaxi.org</a>
or <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://facebook.com/MillionMessageMarch">http://facebook.com/MillionMessageMarch</a><br>
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