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<b>The forthcoming World Health Assembly (WHA),
taking place from 20-28 May 2013 in Geneva, will be monitored, advocated
to and reported upon by PHM health activists under the ‘Democratising
Global Health Governance Initiative: WHO Watch’.</b></div>
<p>WHO Watch is a resource for advocacy and mobilisation and an intervention in global health governance. More about <a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/who-watch/about" target="_blank">WHO Watch</a> and the <a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/democratising" target="_blank">Democratising GHG Initiative</a>.</p>
<p>As a resource for advocacy and mobilisation WHO
Watch provides a current account of global policy dynamics in relation
to a wide and growing range of health issues. While the focus is on
issues being considered through the WHO the background documentation
provides a more broadly based account of these issues.</p>
<p>We aim to strengthen various streams in the
Health for All movement (IP and access, trade and health, health
systems, PHC, quality use of medicines, etc etc) by ensuring that
activists whose concerns arise from their grass roots involvements can
learn about the global dimensions of the problems they are facing and
reshape their advocacy and mobilising accordingly.</p>
<p>WHO Watch is also an intervention in global health governance.</p>
<p>Partly this is about defending WHO which has been
subject to very bad stresses for several decades. WHO is the paramount
health authority at the global level and needs to be strengthened and
reformed and properly funded to play this role. WHO Watch seeks to
generate support for a reformed WHO restored to its proper place in
global health governance. </p>
<div>Finally, WHO Watch aims to support wider
knowledge of, and participation in, the various engagements across the
broader field of GHG. We are aiming to change the balance of power
framing global decisions which impact on health. </div><p style="text-align:center"><img alt="Inline image 2" src="cid:ii_13e454b2a11a4bec"></p><div style="text-align:left"> </div><p></p>
<p><b>From 15-31<font><sup>st</sup> of May PHM activists will
gathering in Geneva to ‘watch’ WHO (actually monitor, engage with and
and report upon). The activities start with an orientation and planning
workshop where the ‘watchers’ work through the WHA agenda and develop a
PHM position on critical issues.</font></b></p>
<blockquote style="margin-right:0px"><p>The workshop is designed to introduce WHO to the
volunteer watchers and to develop PHM positions. The watchers share the
agenda items and present at the workshop: a) a summary of the documents
circulated by the WHO Secretariat; b) an analysis of the politics of
this issue at this time; and c) a brief on what PHM's position should
be. </p>
<p>Position documents are developed and uploaded to the <a href="http://ghwatch.org/who-watch" target="_blank">ghwatch.org/who-watch</a> website. We already have a dedicated <a href="http://www.ghwatch.org/whowatch/wha66" target="_blank">WHA66 page</a> uploaded and we upload further material as it emerges. </p>
<p>This pre-analysis helps us to follow the
discussions at the meeting and also provides material that is picked up
by other NGOs and member countries.</p>
<p>As the agenda item unfolds at the meeting, the
watchers provide a semi verbatim report of the discussion on a skype
channel (which is picked up by a much larger group from other NGOs).</p>
<p>In the evening, we summarise and comment on the day's proceedings and upload our comments onto the website.</p>
<div>We choose some issues on which we make statements
(about 2-4) at the meeting. The statements are collectively developed,
with 1 or 2 people taking the lead in preparing it.</div><div> </div></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.phmovement.org/en/node/7505" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a> for the PHM report for the most recent WHO watch activity: EB132</p>
<p>If you wish to know more about the WHO watch, feel free to contact the global secretariat of the PHM on <a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org" target="_blank">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a></p><div clear="all">
</div><div>--<div>Global Secretariat</div><div>People's Health Movement (PHM)</div><div>Email: <a href="mailto:globalsecretariat@phmovement.org" target="_blank">globalsecretariat@phmovement.org</a></div><div>Web: <a href="http://www.phmovement.org" target="_blank">www.phmovement.org</a><input type="hidden"><input type="hidden"></div>
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