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Cuban experience with Comprehensive Participatory Planning and Evaluation

This article introduces Comprehensive Participatory Planning and Evaluation (CPPE), an approach to community participation and empowerment developed from the work of Rifkin, Laverack, Pérez, and others. More than just a methodology, CPPE is an approach which encourages comprehensive analysis and participation by various actors at local, regional, and national level in the planning and evaluation of health actions.

Building Hope: Deepening our Understanding of Health Reform in El Salvador

A first IPHU in El Salvador  took place in La Palma. Entitled “Building Hope: Deepening our Understanding of Health Reform in El  Salvador” it provided a somewhat different model for the IPHU. First, it  targeted  young health professionals working within the Ministry of Health, in health services around the country, professionals active in the process of health reform in El Salvador.

The People´s Health Movement Latin America (PHM-Ecuador)

In his work, Juergen Kraus, summarizes PHM Ecuador´s work, starting from the Second People´s Health Assembly. This is an important and well-done accomplishment. Ecuador is a country of where there are large social and political conflicts. These confrontations involve the organized popular movement on one hand, and on the other, forces of capitalism of domestic and foreign origin, engaged in the implementation of neoliberal policies. At this stage, the desire for change is expressed in the struggle for change.

General Assembly and the Municipal Health Council of Indigenous Peoples

With the objective of attaining the full participation of indigenous peoples in the management of local health systems,  on February 24, 2011 the General Assembly and Health Council of Indigenous Peoples was installed in the Health District of San Pedro La Laguna, Solola, Guatemala. This was the first such council to be established in Guatemala.

International Women's Day: Tribute to women in their struggle against violence
Lecture in Vancouver--Public Health and Social Justice: Partners in Health reports on post-earthquake Haiti
President of FEUE (Ecuador) on humger strike to demand his freedom
Ecuador: The Events of 30 September 2010
Building Social Participation in Health
Seizure of legitimate generic medicines is condemned for violating right to health
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