<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">David Legge</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dlegge@phmovement.org">dlegge@phmovement.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 4:22 AM<br>Subject: FW: WHO Executive Board (EB134) in Jan 2014 considering Hepatitis (Item 10.5)<br>To: Claudio Schuftan <<a href="mailto:schuftan@gmail.com">schuftan@gmail.com</a>><br>Cc: Leigh Haynes <<a href="mailto:lkamoreh@yahoo.com">lkamoreh@yahoo.com</a>>, <a href="mailto:leigh.kamore@gmail.com">leigh.kamore@gmail.com</a>, Hani Serag <<a href="mailto:hserag@phmovement.org">hserag@phmovement.org</a>><br>
<br><br><div link="blue" vlink="purple" lang="EN-AU"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Dear Clau, can you please distribute this call on PHM X (from WHO Watch)?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Many thanks<br>d<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The WHO Executive Board (EB) will review progress in relation to Viral Hepatitis at its January 2014 meeting as Agenda item 10.5 (and presumably it will be considered again in May 2014 at the WHA). <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The background includes <a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/3092/1/A63_R18-en.pdf" target="_blank">WHA63.18</a> from 2010 and WHO’s <a href="http://www.who.int/csr/disease/hepatitis/GHP_framework.pdf" target="_blank">Framework for Global Action on Viral Hepatitis</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The Secretariat’s report (<a href="http://apps.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB134/B134_36-en.pdf" target="_blank">EB134/36</a>) reviews the epidemiological situation, and identifies a number of challenges: diagnosis, medical care, capacity building, access to medicines, and ‘market shaping’. The report also comments on the responses to these challenges. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">PHM’s WHO Watch project will be at the EB and the WHA and we are presently preparing comments to be shared with delegates before and during the meetings. PHM is keen to hear from PHM activists and friends who are familiar with the challenges presented by viral hepatitis. We are keen to hear your comment on the Secretariat report and suggestions about how WHO could be more effective in this area.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">If you are involved in lobbying your country’s delegates about hepatitis related issues we would be keen to hear your line of argument.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Please respond to: <a href="mailto:dc-watch@phmovement.org" target="_blank">dc-watch@phmovement.org</a>.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Warmest greetings<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">WHO Watch</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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