IPHU Cairo- The Struggle for Health

A group of concerned rights activists

gathered in the International Scouts

Center in Cairo from March 22, 2008 to April 2nd 2008 in order to strengthen the People’s Health Movement in the MENA region and contribute to achieving Health for All. The course focused on issues related to health policy and their implications within communities. (Link for Cairo course website for more information: www.phmovement.org/iphu/en/mena ).

The idea of developing a blog emerged in order to further the discussions among the participants after the course and include others interested.

We see this blog as a space for inviting people who are concerned with the right to health to share experience, information and develop networks.

This is your space to think out loud with people who share with you the dream where all people enjoy the gift of health.

Welcome…

Things to remember and add to the website:
Language issues
Other questions and topics

More questions for the blog:

When is the existing political system and situation an opportunity or a challenge for enhancing the PHM movement?

How can we ensure that research is capturing the social determinants of health? And what are alternative methodologies available for such research?

IPHU Course on Equity and Health Rights, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

The IPHU course on Equity and Health Rights for young health activists and professionals working on the issues oh Health, Gender, Human Rights and particularly involved in the activities JSA/People’s Health Movement was started yesterday with 36 participants (29 from India, 3 from Nepal, 1 from Bngladesh and 2 from Srilnka).

Participants of this course are with mixed backgrounds ranging from Medicine, public health, social work, anthropology and management. The course is being organized from 15th to 21st March 2008 by IPHU, PHM/JSA in collaboration with Prayas, Chittorgarh.

David Legge, Armando, Thelma Narayan, Tej Ram and Narendra with us as faculty members and Mira Shiva, Ravi Duggal, Vandana Prasad and Amit Sengupta will be joining us in coming days.

We are also going to organise a public lecture for larger audience on 'Equity and Health Rights in the Era of Globalisation' on 18th evening. The key speakers of this public lecture will be David Legge and Armando De Negri. Mr. Parmesh Chandra, Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Rajasthan will preside. Representatives of media will be also be invited to the public lecture.