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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The UN thematic consultation on health in the post-2015 UN development agenda was launched on 5 October 2012. The consultation is organised by a </span><a href="http://www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/post2015"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>task team</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> <span lang=EN-GB>led by UNICEF and the World Health Organization with a project secretariat hosted by WHO. According to the UN team, the challenge is to safeguard achievements and investments in the current health-related MDGs while also reflecting new priorities and securing the rightful position of health in the post-2015 agenda: “The health community must agree on very few goals, feasible targets and measurable indicators that put health at the heart of people’s understanding of the purpose of development.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Key themes according to the call for papers of the UN consultation:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>1. What are the lessons learnt from the health related MDGs?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>2. What is the priority health agenda for the 15 years after 2015?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>3. Framing the future health goal: How does health fit in the post 2015 development agenda?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>4. Measurement of progress towards the health goals: What are the best indicators and targets?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>5. How to ensure a process and outcome that is relevant to the key stakeholders? <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Get involved and contribute directly to the thematic consultation through the platform provided by the UN team!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Please forward also to your colleagues and partners!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>UN global health consultation website with call for papers and key references:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/health"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>www.worldwewant2015.org/health</span></a><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>The platform will run from October to March 2012.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>UN global health consultation: call for papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/file/277262/download/300567"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>http://www.worldwewant2015.org/file/277262/download/300567</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> (pdf file)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>..........<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Developing an integrated civil society position<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>- a real challenge – or just impossible?<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.beyond2015.org/un-thematic-consultations"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Beyond 2015</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> is a global civil society campaign pushing for a strong and legitimate successor framework to the Millennium Development Goals. Beyond 2015 is also providing a platform for civil society to contribute to the nine thematic consultations being organised by the UN on the post-2015 framework. The </span><a href="http://www.medicusmundi.org/"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Medicus Mundi International Network</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> (MMI) was asked to coordinate the drafting of a Beyond 2015 position paper for the health consultation, based on input by a wide range of civil society organisations and in particular on the perspectives of the Global South. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>We believe that this thematic consultation is a significant opportunity for building bridges, integrating civil society positions, finding an overall understanding on the role of health in the future we want. But it has also the potential to make political positions – and gaps – more visible and to deepen the existing fragmentation of the global health advocacy community. So let us see if developing an integrated civil society position is just a big challenge – or impossible at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>If you like to participate actively in the discussion and eventually in the development of a Beyond 2015 position paper, please get in touch with us: Send your input until 5 November 2012 to </span><a href="mailto:healthbeyond2015@medicusmundi.org"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>healthbeyond2015@medicusmundi.org</span></a><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> - </span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>either in the form of full papers or just key statements, referring to one or more of the key themes of the UN consultation. And let us know if you are interested to join the drafting team coordinated by MMI. Drafting of the Beyond 2015 position paper will take place during November 2012. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>In the meantime, we will use the website </span><a href="http://www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015call"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015call</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'> <span lang=EN-GB>to collect and publish civil society input to which we will refer when we develop the Beyond 2015 position paper. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Thomas Schwarz, Executive Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Medicus Mundi International Network<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><img border=0 width=175 height=117 id="Grafik_x0020_5" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CDA31A.F91CBDE0" alt="Beschreibung: Beschreibung: Beschreibung: UN thematic consultation: Health in the post-2015 UN development agenda"></span></i><i><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Thematic guide: <span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015guide">www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015guide</a> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'>Get involved: <span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015call">www.bit.ly/mmi-beyond2015call</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:black;mso-fareast-language:DE-CH'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>