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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">From <a href="mailto:blloyd@phmovement.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">blloyd@phmovement.org</a></span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8px">></span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Please can everyone share what is happening in preparation? (Country circles should convey their activities to their regional coordinators cc global secretariat)   </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Anneleen and Amit from the global secretariat recently returned from a trip to Bangladesh and there is a lot of mobilising and networking taking place within Bangladesh PHM, GK and other civil society; and a huge amount of effort from our comrades in Bangladesh to make this Assembly happen.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Look forward to hearing more!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0px 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;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"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Bridget</span></p>

<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: Pacôme Tomètissi <<a href="mailto:tometissi@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">tometissi@gmail.com</a>>  Benin<br></div><br><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;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;float:none;display:inline"></span><span style="font-size:11pt">Greetings from West and Central Africa!</span><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">1)Following the launch of the regional mobilization for PHA4 in March in DRC, we are discussing to submit a self-organized activity for West and Central Africa. Please note that our PHA priority axis is number 4 ( o<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;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">rganizing and mobilizing for HFA</span> ).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">2</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px"><span 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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">)West and central Africa is also discussing about the assessment of</span><span 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;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px" lang="EN-US"> the RTH</span><span 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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US"> </span><span 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;font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">at country level,</span><span 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;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> and, the watching of the WHO Afro meeting in August. </span>

<br></span></font></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">3</span><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14.6667px">)A</span></font></span></span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">t country level, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" lang="EN-US">Benin, Gabon, Ghana and DRC are organizing </span><span style="font-size:14.6667px;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">, </span><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">at least one pre-PHA4 activity in the coming weeks/months:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Ghana : planning to meet their MoH officials; </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Gabon: planning to organise a workshop on the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">role of the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">tobacco industry in public health; continue their anti-tobacco campaign</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Benin : planning to organise a workshop on the HRBA to reproductive health programming; continue their media campaign on RTH</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">DRC: planning to use two local conferences to promote PHA4; continue their WASH and RTH campaigns</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">4)I will send more details on WC Africa mobilisation when they are available. Please go to </span><b style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><a href="https://phmwcafrica.wordpress.com/blog" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://phmwcafrica.<wbr>wordpress.com/blog</a></b><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">  to learn more on PHM West and Central Africa. </span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size:13px;font-weight:400;margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;line-height:14.95px"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt" lang="EN-US">Looking forward to seeing you in Bangladesh!</span></p><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">-- </font></span><br><span class="HOEnZb"></span></div></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div dir="ltr" class="m_-4223187766744330547m_-1752468759109959272m_4834768545601084417m_7600229005603734252m_5495832111053745647gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"" lang="FR">Pacôme. </span></div></div></font></span></div></div>
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