<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:large"><br></div>From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Katz Alison</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:katz.alison@gmail.com">katz.alison@gmail.com</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><br><br>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.05cm" align="center"><font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><b>Comments
on proposals such as </b></font>
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<p style="margin-bottom:0.05cm" align="center"><font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><b>Friedman,
Gostin et al’s Right to Health Capacity Fund</b></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.05cm" align="center"> <font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><i><b>or</b></i></font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0.05cm" align="center"><font style="font-size:14pt" size="4"><i><b>All
roads lead back to Alma Ata and a New International Economic
Order</b></i></font></p>
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<p><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2">A couple
of
months ago, G2H2 invited us to comment on the above proposal for
another international health entity described in « </font><font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><i>Global
Health in the Age of Covid 19: responsive health systems
through a
Right to Health Fund. <a name="m_-5614039656151272873_sdfootnote1anc" href="#m_-5614039656151272873_sdfootnote1sym"><sup>1</sup></a></i></font></p>
<p><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i><b>The
short answer</b></i></font></p>
<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>After
much thought, I have come to the conclusion that before
commenting on
another proposal, we need to make a clear choice between two
distinct
visions for the Right to Health and Health for All. </i></font>
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<p><b><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>Plutocratic
global governance of health dominated by so called
multistakeholder partnerships (more or less the global
health architecture today) </i></font></b> </p>
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<li><b>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><b><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>Health for All (Alma
Ata version) and the Right to Health, with democratic
global governance of health as one of various essential
components (see below for the others). </i></font></b>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>These
two visions are fundamentally incompatible. </i></font>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><b><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>Given
this choice, commenting on proposals such as R2HCF, implies
evaluating to what extent it contributes to, fits with or
fails to
challenge the first vision and to what extent it contributes
to, fits
with or promotes the second vision. </i></font></b>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>My
conclusion is that the R2HCF proposal fits with the first
vision,
fails to challenge it, and therefore unfortunately contributes
to its
maintenance and its credibility. And I say that while
respecting that
Eric and his colleagues are committed to the Right to Health.
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>It
is my hope that all those devoted to the social justice and
human
rights based approach to health (as per the PHM Charter for
example)
will today unambiguously reject the current global health
architecture and will support peoples’ social justice struggle
for
a fair international economic order, as the absolute
precondition for
Health for All/the Right to Health. </i></font>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>For
many of you, this choice was made long ago and you need read
no
further, you know the arguments backwards. My comments in
detail are attached. <br>
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<p style="font-weight:normal"><font style="font-size:12pt" size="3"><i>In solidarity, Alison <br>
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<p style="font-style:normal"><a name="m_-5614039656151272873_sdfootnote1sym" href="#m_-5614039656151272873_sdfootnote1anc">1</a> <font style="font-size:11pt" size="2"><a href="https://www.hhrjournal.org/2020/05/global-health-in-the-age-of-covid-19-responsive-health-systems-through-a-right-to-health-fund/" target="_blank">https://www.hhrjournal.org/2020/05/global-health-in-the-age-of-covid-19-responsive-health-systems-through-a-right-to-health-fund/</a></font></p>
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