<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div><span dir="auto"></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Season greetings from PHM-Uganda.</span></font></span></div><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span></span></span></font></span><div>

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</span></span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">We would like to thank you for the unwavering support, solidarity  and time you have accorded us on several engagements through your effort contributions and your diverse capacities. Indeed 2019 has been a super amazing and productive year for PHM-UGANDA, an activity compact year with many positive changes in the mix and opportunities for work through collaborations at national, region and global level.</span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> A number of new organizations have come on board to join the struggle for better health. Multiple papers and articles have been published to widen our knowledge base and disseminate information as part of our advocacy strategy, and  a mechanism to document our work in Uganda on diverse health issues.</span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">Before we close 2019, we have been engaged in a couple of events from August through December 2019 which we have documented through our Newsletter;</span></font></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;line-height:107%"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">1. UHC Day 2019, <b><i>"Keep The Promise"</i></b> How much have you educated/informed your community about UHC and the UN High Level Meeting Political Declaration on UHC? Find it in this Newsletter;</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 18pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif">2. Health cooperation,<span style="line-height:125%;letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"> What Transpired At<span>  </span></span><span style="line-height:125%;letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">"Beyond aid" - the Kampala Initiative? (How civil society can challenge the reality of Aid and its shortcomings?).</span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="line-height:125%;letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"></span><span style="width:13.5pt"></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">      3. COPASAH </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">Symposium</span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><span dir="ltr"></span>2019. <i>New Delhi</i><span><br></span></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><span>      4. Civil society's role in access to medicines <i>(Where is our space in enhancing </i></span><i>sensitive<span>  </span>public health TRIPS Flexibilities in </i></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><i>African Region Intellectual Property     Organization (ARIPO)?</i><br></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">     5. Neglected Tropical Diseases, HEPS-Uganda's snake bites campaign with HAI, Ministry of Health and WHO to end this seemingly silent threat to life.<br></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mar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</span></font></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"> </span><span style="direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed">    8.</span><span style="width:13.5pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">IPHU Training </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">Workshop<span>  </span></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">“Struggle for health and Access to affordable medicines” </span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">Cape Town</span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">     9. Our position on GMO Mosquitoes,  (Response from Dr Danny Gotto)<br></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">     10. Petition 17, Work of Civil society (SEATINI and CEFROHT challenging the 2015 PPP Act in Constitutional Court)<br></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US">  
<span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><b><i><br></i></b></span></span></font></span></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><i>More events, and our latest publications are available therein the newsletter.</i></span></span></font></span><b><i><a href="https://phmovement.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/PHM-NEWSLETER-Aug-Nov-pdf_compressed.pdf" target="_blank"> Link to the newsletter</a></i></b>  (you can also share the link on your respective organization websites)<br></span></span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"></span><span style="letter-spacing:-0.25pt" lang="en-US"><span></span></span></span></font></span>

</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left;font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font size="2"><span lang="en-US"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"> </span></span></font></span></p><font size="2"><span style="color:rgb(102,102,102)">On the behalf of the PHM-Uganda coordinating team.</span><br></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0pt;text-indent:0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:10pt;line-height:125%;text-align:left;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(77,77,77)"><font size="2">
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