<div dir="ltr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Gargeya Telakapalli</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gargeya.t@phmovement.org">gargeya.t@phmovement.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Hello Claudio</font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">I am writing this mail to forward the call for watchers to attend the World Health Assembly in May 2018. Could you please forward it on the PHM exchange mailing list. </font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Thank you<br>Gargeya</font></div>

<font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div></font><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)">Call for Watchers to participate in the 71st World Health Assembly meeting in May 2018</span></b><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span></span></span></font><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)">PHM is preparing for watching the 71st World Health Assembly (WHA-71) of W.H.O taking place from 21st to 26th<span> May</span> 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Assembly takes place once a year. The items on the WHA71 agenda will probably include Health</span><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB"><span> </span>emergencies, Implementation of International Health Regulations (2005), Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, Eradication of polio & Polio Transition planning, Global vaccine action plan, NCDs: UN General Assembly 2018, Addressing Global shortage of, and access to, medicines and vaccines, Public health, innovation and intellectual property, Progress towards sustainable development goals, Safeguarding against possible conflicts of interests in nutrition programmes, Improving access to assistive technology and Health, environment and climate change<span></span></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)">Can you attend the WHA71 Meeting?</span></b><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)"><span></span></span></font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Through Medicus Mundi International, watchers are able to attend the meeting, distribute PHM’s commentary, advocate our position to country delegates, and deliver statements from the floor to the meeting body. We are looking for PHM activists to join as watchers in Geneva. If you are keen in developing your knowledge on issues discussed at the meeting, and to be involved in strengthening these issues in your country or region after the meeting, please let us know. As the work is intense, being able to work under some pressure and still provide support to your co-watchers will be a great advantage. It is also important for the process if watchers are there for the full period of the meetings, including a preparatory workshop the week before the World Health Assembly. This means arrive on Monday 14th May and depart on Sunday 27th May.</font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you are interested in the politics of global health governance and understanding the role that people's movements can play in UN processes, the preparatory workshop can be of interest for you. The Preparatory Workshop will be held between the 15th to 19th May and can be attended as a stand alone training workshop too.<span></span></font></span></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><span style="color:rgb(50,50,50)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">If you are interested in possibly participating in WHA71 Watch please fill in the form available<span style="font-weight:400"> </span><b><a href="http://www.phmovement.org/en/wwvolunteerinfo" target="_blank">here</a></b>. Please complete the form by 3rd<span style="font-weight:400"> March</span> 2018. If you are able to attend only the Workshop indicate this in the form. (

<span style="color:rgb(50,50,50);font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:justify;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span>( please do note that a small number of watchers ( 1 or 2) will be representing each region/circle due to the team being small ( 10-12) )</span><span></span></font></span></p><br></div>
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