Dear Friends
The IPHU has started off well in Dakar Senegal. Day one had a presentation on the People's Health Movement which included how the movement started in 2000 at the first People's Health Assembly, the various PHM programmes which include the Right to Health Campaign, the Global Health Watch, International People's Health University and the People's Health Assembly. We also had a presentation on the People's Charter for Health which was first developed at the first PHA as part of the preparations and during the assembly. The charter takes a political position and calls for action:
defining Health as a Human Right
gives an analysis of global health
mentions that resources for achieving health were available but people's right to health were denied by governments and institutions
it represents the voices of people and their demands
The charter is a tool for advocacy and calls for action as it summarises the failure to achieve Health for All and gives a broad way to achieve it.
It is available in 35 launguages on the website
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