PHM Africa Learning Space

Human Rights Reader 292 WHAT CAN WE DO TO INTENTIONALLY SHAPE OUR COLLECTIVE DESTINY?   (part 2 of 2) [This and the previous Reader are a summarization of the key messages found in Global Health Watch 3, PHM’s alternative flagship publication that analyzes the current world health situation]. The future is now 22.   Scenario One : Doctors love high tech gadgets and treatments; nothing wrong about this love affair. But high tech treatments drain resources away from the kinds of public health and medical measures that can improve the health of a much larger number of people. Therefore, high tech treatments act as a distraction from more immediate, lower-cost alternatives that more directly address the right to health of every individual. 23. Yes, a poor person may   have a chronic genetic disorder, but being poor was probably the first disorder that he or she had to deal with. In addition, in the high tech conundrum, particularly women may find themselves at the cro

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:   PHM-Ghana   <phmghana@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2012 at 8:34 PM Dear All, As the dates for the IPHU and PHA3 draw nearer, it is important for PHM-Ghana to hold a meeting to discuss preparations towards these events.   We proposed meeting schedule is as follows: Time: 9:00am - 12:00noon Date: Saturday, 23rd June 2012 Venue: (tbc) Coalition of NGOs in Health, Near TV Africa, Accra John --   Apomdzen ma obiaa sesiaaa! [Health for All Now!] www.phmovement.org www.ghwatch.org

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:   Fortunate machingura   < fmachingura@gmail.com > Date: Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 4:48 PM Subject: PHA3 Planning meeting Comrads Greetings. The PHA3  Planning meeting is scheduled for the 22nd of June 2012 at 1500hrs. The PHM focal person shall convene the meeting at his offices (CWGH offices - 114 McChlery Avenue Eastlea). The agenda is detailed below: (please note: there are no supporting papers attached; check the time for the meeting). The meeting shall deliberate the following: Procedural Apologies and Welcome Minutes of the last meeting Matters arising Chair's Urgent Business Funding The funding pool Prospective funders and PHM Zim current funding status PHM Governance renewal The process and the Zim Status PHA3 Participation 1) presentations at the assembly (please bring your draft presentation for peer input) 2) Materials i.e banners, t-shirts, caps, posters, pamphlets etc 3) the public meeting(s) and grassroots participation

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:   Dr. Sipho S. Moyo, ONE.org   <one-help@list.one.org> Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:36 PM Subject: It's time To: linda@phmovement.org Dear ONE member, In 2003 African leaders made a bold commitment to invest in agriculture, food security and rural development. Yet while some have made notable progress, others have fallen short. It’s time for our leaders to take action. Earlier this year we achieved a major success when, thanks to ONE members like you, Tanzania’s President Kikwete agreed to champion this issue with his fellow leaders. But he needs your support. Leaders are meeting next month in Addis Ababa and we need to make sure they hear our message loud and clear. Click here to automatically sign the petition , which reads: Dear African leaders, It’s time to break the vicious cycle of hunger and poverty. When you meet in Addis Ababa please recommit to investing in agriculture and nutrition to help pull 31 million

Learn more about PHM activities happening in Africa. As we countdown towards the People's Health Assembly 3 taking place 6-11 July, we will posting PHM activities happening in Africa via the PHM Exchange and PHM Africa blog.  Contact persons of the different countries will be posted. If you are interested in joining the movement you can contact the contact person in your country.

PHM Cameroun is engaging with all members in the country, in different regions to strengthen PHM in Cameroun. Several documents (plan of action, evaluation and  right to health documents) have been circulated to keep track of members and activities. Next meeting planned for July 14 in Yauonde, Cameroun with all members. They have managed to develop the circle which currently works well. This office has 15 members is composed of a coordinator and his deputy, a treasurer, a communications officer, a charge of monitoring and evaluation, ten focal points (one focal point per region). The role of focal point is to mobilize people at the base; For now, two focal points of both regions have the opportunity to meet hundreds of people because they have already been several meetings with community leaders and handed the charter to find several personnes.  {---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:   Rose Didja Bouba   <didjaboubaro@yahoo.fr> Date: 2012/3/29 Subject: Rencontre sous

People's Health Movement Kenya and Uganda have organised a joint meeting to share experiences and discuss among other things, a strategic direction to strengthen PHM in the East/Horn Region.  ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From:   Lydia Aballa   < ablyd055@yahoo.co.uk > Date: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:19 AM Subject: Rescheduled: [PHM Uganda] Invitation to Joint PHM-Kenya/PHM-Uganda Meeting, Tuesday June 19th in Kampala Dear friends, Greetings from PHM Uganda! Please be informed that the joint meeting between PHM-Kenya and PHM-Uganda has been rescheduled to   Today June 19th at UNACOH   office, YMCA building on Buganda Road. The change is due to the busy schedule our PHM-Kenya colleagues have tomorrow. Kindly arrive at the meeting venue by 3:30pm so that we can also end the meeting early enough. Sorry for any inconvenience caused. Kind regards, Lydia. From:   Lydia Aballa < lydia.aballa@gmail.com >       Dear PHM Friends, Yo

Human Rights Reader 291 WHAT CAN WE DO TO INTENTIONALLY SHAPE OUR COLLECTIVE DESTINY?   (part 1 of 2) [The following two Readers are a summarization of the key messages found in Global Health Watch 3, PHM’s alternative flagship publication that analyzes the current world health situation]. 1. Our collective destiny is not in our hands. It is in the hands of a handful of powerful agencies over which we have no control. It is our respective governments that appoint the country’s representatives to these international decision-making   bodies (which often do not even have a ‘one-country-one-vote’ modus operandus). Each government instructs their reps on the position they should take (very rarely pertaining to human rights issues), the tactics they should use and the votes they should cast; and it is each government that is empowered to remove them should they fail to fulfill their responsibilities. 2. Since electorates typically have almost nil influence in this intern