Monday, September 15, 2008

IPHU Course "The Struggle for Health" Porto Alegre, Brazil

A two week short course 'The Struggle for Health' for health activists is being conducted at Porto Alegre, Brazil by International Peoples Health University and People's Health Movement in association with the School of Public Health of Rio Grande do Sul from 8-19 September, 2008. 54 people’s health activists from different countries are participating in this course.
The objectives of this IPHU short course are to enable younger health activists to make new connections, share experiences and study together. They aim at strengthening the global network of people’s health activists.

Curriculum
The curriculum includes:
- the struggle for health: achievements, strategies and new directions;
- working with communities and with grass roots health organizations;
- comprehensive primary health care: achievements, lessons and new directions;
- the political economy of health: globalization, the WTO, the IMF and the WB; local issues and global pressures;
- the right to health: principles, achievements and new directions;
- people’s health and the environmental struggle;
- research: part of the problem and part of the solution;
- social determinants of health (poverty, oppression and hierarchy; alienation and exclusion; racism and sexism; materialism) and the struggle for health.
In addition the participants will be encouraged to stay on for a one day international workshop on Primary Health Care (Saturday 20th September) being organised by the People’s Health Movement in association with the International Epidemiology Association Conference (21-24 September) also in Porto Alegre.

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