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PHM Right to Health and Health Care Campaign Update - March 2007

Word is spreading about the PHM RTHCC and we are receiving inquiries from around the world.
We have received funding from NOVIB and Save the Children UK (Thank you!) to initiate the campaign in Africa and Latin America. There is another request pending for Asian countries.

Four years into the occupation: No health for Iraq

Iraq’s health status, four years into the occupation, is nothing short of disastrous.

Towards a world convention for R&D?

Interview with Mrs Nicoletta Dentico, DNDi - (Drug for neglected diseases -
http://www.dndi.org)
Member of the Group of Experts on the Intergovernmental Working Group on Public health, Innovation and Intellectual Property (IGWG)
Interview conducted during the 120th meeting of the WHO Executive Board (Jan 22-26) to which N. Dentico and this author participated as civil society observers.
Interview by Garance Upham, Safe Observer International, NGO Forum for Health, PHM Disability and Economics Circle)

To the new leadership of the WHO: A renewed commitment or more empty promises?

Alison Katz, a long-time staff member at the World Health Organization and activist with the People’s Health Movement, sent the open letter below to Dr. Margaret Chan, the new Director-General of WHO. Alison’s letter provides a passionate and articulate summary of the choices facing WHO if it is to meet its promise of "Health for All."

Interview: Dr Federico Montero, PHD, Coordinator of the Disability and Rehabilitation Team (DAR) in WHO's Department of Injuries

Dr Montero attended the PHM's People's Health Assembly 2 in Cuenca.
He just left the WHO to return to work in Costa Rica. He has agreed to be a co-convenor of the PHM's Disability and Economics Circle. Dr Montero is a PWD himself.

PHM letter to the World Bank about its Health, Nutrition and Population division’s draft 10 year strategy

The People’s Health Movement has strong reservations about the World Bank Health, Nutrition and Population division’s draft 10 year strategy, and in particular the aim to expand the influence of the Bank on health systems policy and development. We welcome the fact that other civil society organisations have expressed similar reservations.

Background papers on two sessions at the Forum 10 of the Global Forum for Health Research

Two background papers on two sessions at the Forum 10 of the Global Forum for Health Research Oct. 29-31: "The Social Vaccine" and "Research Priorities for Public Health Schools with a Focus on the South".

What is happening at the World Health Organization? The coming election of the WHO Director-General

Vicente Navarro is Professor of Health and Public Policy, School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University; Director of the Public and Social Policy Program, Pompeu Fabra University – The Johns Hopkins University; Founder and Past President of the International Association of Health Policy; and Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Health Services.

Human Rights Watch: Don't Fire on Gaza Medics

Israeli security forces launched attacks that harmed Palestinian medical emergency personnel and damaged ambulances on at least six different occasions in the Gaza Strip between May 30 and July 20, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch called on the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to ensure that its troops scrupulously respect the protected status of medical emergency personnel and facilities at all times as it conducts military operations in the Gaza Strip.

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