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<div class="gmail-node__content gmail-clearfix"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Read online </span><a href="https://phmovement.org/phm-public-memo-pha5" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(17,85,204);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://phmovement.org/phm-public-memo-pha5</span></a><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><div class="gmail-field gmail-field--name-body gmail-field--type-text-with-summary gmail-field--label-hidden gmail-field__item"><p>The
International Organizing Committee (IOC) of the Fifth People’s Health
Assembly (PHA5) was called for two successive meetings on Saturday,
August 12 and Friday, August 18, 2023, to look at two expressions of
interest to host PHA5. These were received from the PHM circles in
Morocco and Argentina.</p><p>The PHA5 IOC considered the two expressions
of interests, thorough presentations from representatives of the two
PHM circles during the meetings, and a report from the PHM financial
committee – and decided:<br><br><strong>(1) The Fifth People’s Health
Assembly of the People’s Health Movement will be held in Mar del Plata,
Argentina from 7-11 April 2024. For taking this decision, the IOC
considered the following aspects:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Movement Building. </strong>The
political changes in Latin America, in terms of more progressive
governments have been lately elected, provides a unique opportunity for
strengthening our movement in Latin America and inspire the social
movement around the world. The PHM-Latin America coordinating committee
emphasized that hosting the Assembly in the region will benefit from the
large-scale mobilization process in Latin America since the previous
decision of organizing the Assembly in Colombia.</li><li><strong>Finance and Funding. </strong>While
organizing the PHA5 might carry less cost if held in Morocco, PHM
Morocco proposed not to host the Assembly before September 2024. Guided
by the PHM financial Committee, the IOC found September 2024 is too late
due to previous commitments with sponsors and donors that cannot be
changed. On this matter PHM-Argentina provides a comprehensive plan to
reduce the cost through collective responsibility, decentralization for
PHA5 financing and solidarity funding. </li><li><strong>Institutional structure. </strong>The
IOC recognized the concentration of our global secretariat members in
Latin America which will provide essential organizational support to the
IOC and the local organizers in Argentina. The PHM-Argentina showed
significant unity and commitment around hosting the Assembly and
readiness to work closely with the IOC and the global secretariat.</li></ul><p><br><strong>(2)
Hani Serag will continue to serve as a co-convenor for the PHA5 and
Carmen Báez was appointed as a new co-convenor with Jorge Lucero as an
alternate and support.</strong></p><ul><li>Hani Serag is a current Co-Chair of the PHM Steering Council. </li><li>Carmen
Báez is a PHM Steering Council and Coordinating Commission member, a
PHM Julio Monsalvo subregion circle Co-Coordinator, a PHM Latin America
and The Caribbean Circle Coordination member, she is also a Professor at
the Superior School of Medicine of the National University of Mar del
Plata.</li><li>Jorge Lucero is a member of the Board of Directors of the
Association of General Medicine of the Province of Buenos Aires,
Professor at the Superior School of Medicine of the National University
of Mar del Plata, and a proven militant of the circle of PHM-Argentina.</li></ul><p><br><strong>(3) We invite PHM-Morocco to work closely with the organizers of PHA5 and host PHA6 in 2028.</strong><br>The
IOC thanks the PHM circles in Morocco and Argentina and hopes that PHM
Morocco will accept the proposal of hosting PHA6 while invited to
support the organization of PHA5 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.</p><p>Sincerely,<br> </p><p>Carmen Báez Co-Convenor of PHA5<br>Hani Serag, Co-Convenor of PHA5<br>Roman Vega, PHM Global Coordinator</p></div></div><br clear="all"><br><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><b>Miguel García</b></div><div>PHM Communications Officer</div><div>Comunicaciones MSP<br><span lang="pt"><span><span>Comunicações MSP</span></span></span></div><div>MPS Communications<br>الاتصالات PHM<br></div><div></div><div>+57 3165268667</div><div><a href="http://phmovement.org" target="_blank">phmovement.org</a><br></div></div></div></div>