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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE-CH link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#4E81BD;border-collapse:collapse'><tr style='height:120.95pt'><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;height:120.95pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:12.0pt;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'>KAMPALA INITIATIVE WEBINAR<br><b>PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND <br>COMMERCIALISATION IN HEALTHCARE: <br>DONORS, PROFIT AND PEOPLE<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'>Date: 25 February 2021<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.65pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'>Time: 12.00-1.30 PM UTC<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:12.65pt'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:white'>Registration: <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_kQcun-dDTTa5IcjzZ7aQMg"><span style='color:white'>Zoom link</span></a><br>Website: <a href="https://www.medicusmundi.org/kampalawebinars/"><span style='color:white'>Kampala Initiative</span></a></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Dear civil society colleagues defending the right to health,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We are very pleased to invite you to our upcoming webinar to discuss our latest finding on Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in healthcare and how we can reverse the process of healthcare commercialisation. This webinar is jointly hosted by the Kampala Initiative and its task group “Challenge PPPs” and Wemos.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Healthcare commercialisation</span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>PPPs in healthcare are increasingly promoted by global actors as an instrument to provide and finance healthcare in many countries. However, academics and civil society have criticised the use of PPPs, because of their high cost and their failure to address ac</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>cessibility problems for the poor. Now that Covid-19 is showing the world the great importance of strong and equitable health systems, it is time to move beyond these critiques and work to reverse the process of healthcare commercialisation.</span><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Programme of the webinar</span></b><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>In this interactive webinar, we will share the latest findings on PPPs in healthcare. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We will look at commercial actors, see how they are promoted by certain donors, and analyse how they impact health access and health equity. The webinar intends to create a space to discuss these findings and their implications, and to work as civil society to refine health advocacy actions towards our governments.</span><b><i><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>During the webinar there will be short introductions and presentations to engage all participants in the discussion. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>The participants are captioned below:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#31849B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Leah Eryenyu </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Akina Mama wa Afrika) will talk about PPPs’ gendered impact on access to public (health) services.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#31849B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Barbara Fienieg and Marco Angelo </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Wemos) will discuss how healthcare privatisation and commercialisation are promoted through development finance, and the problems this causes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#31849B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Denis Bukenya and Siomha Cunniffe </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Kampala Initiative task group “Challenge PPPs”)<b> </b>will kick off an interactive discussion on the role of national governments in healthcare PPPs, with the example of the Lubowa PPP</span><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <span style='color:#1F497D'>hospital.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span lang=EN-GB style='line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#31849B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Allana Kembabazi </span></b><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>(Initiative for Social and Economic Rights)<b> </b>will start off another interactive discussion, on the role of donors in healthcare PPPs, with the example of the World Bank funded Reproductive Health Voucher Project.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:21.0pt;text-indent:-21.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='line-height:115%;font-family:Wingdings;color:#31849B'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>§<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>And of course, you!</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> We would like to hear your opinion, and (advocacy) experiences around PPPs and (donor-driven) commercialisation in healthcare, and your thoughts on what should be done next.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Discussion moderated by <b>Ravi Ram</b>, People's Health Movement/Kampala Initiative.<br>Prior to the webinar, we will share interesting reading material on the topic <a href="https://www.medicusmundi.org/kampalawebinars/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>on the meeting website.</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>We really look forward to meeting you on Thursday, 25 February at 12 noon UTC (1 PM Central Europe and West Africa, 3 PM East Africa, 5.30 PM India, 7 AM Western Atlantic)!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt;line-height:115%'><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Best regards,</span><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Barbara Fienieg and Marco Angelo, Wemos<br>Denis Bukenya and Siomha Cunniffe, “Challenge PPPs”<br>Ravi Ram and Thomas Schwarz, Kampala Initiative<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:11.75pt'><span lang=IT style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=452 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