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MOVING FORWARD! 2015 ACTION PRIORITIES

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Dear PHM Africa Colleagues
It is 2015 and we need to be able to actively engage in our countries and the region. Briefly PHM within the region would like to ensure that we engage in
-Tackling priority and emerging issues in our region and countries. For example we still remain with challenges in terms of fragile health systems, brain drain, preventable diseases such as Cholera and diarrhoea and emerging health issues such as Ebola. We know as in the case of the Ebola epidemic that there has been a slow response. We therefore need to look at different campaigns/action at different levels to tackle this issue. Let's get involved in our circles and prioritise what we can do now!

-Launching the Global Health Watch 4, which brings out an analysis and voices from people all over the world. The opportunity of launching allows PHM to raise awareness on health issues in their country and also link with the Global context. Therefore get involved in launching the GHW4 in your country.
-WHO watch at the WHO AFRO Regional committee meeting. This is done yearly and people are invited and consulted to identify what is of priority on the agenda for our region. We then develop commentaries and statements and in some cases attend the meeting. This is an opportunity to raise issues of what is happening in the region as before the meeting country circles can consult with civil society on issues to be raised and also engage with country health ministers/delegates who will represent the country at the Regional committee meeting. If you are interested go through the GHW website www.ghwatch.org and also join the mailing list for WHO watch. We can make a difference however small!
-Joint collaboration with other networks and organisations. It's important as a movement to link with other networks and organisations in our work and theirs. Let's start beginning of this year to share opportunities/platforms/
campaigns/trainings/statements etc that you think we should actively engage with as a movement.

-Lastly but not least, we need to share what is going on in our country as PHM, other activities, health priorities so that we can link with other health activists doing similar activities in other countries and be able to share experience to improve the situation.
Please indicate your interest and share your ideas and let's move forward in 2015!!
If you are not on the mailing list, please send me an email to include you. Email linda@phmovement.org

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