4 December 2000 (Monday) 

Theme of Day One: Health, Life and Wellbeing
 

8.30 am

MC: Tara
Theatre, Poetry, Song, Announcements
Suggestions: 
 Arugaan Pantomime Moms, Philippines
 Conference Song: Give Health A Chance

9.00 am

Programme Orientation
Mary Murray, Shireen Huq, Manny C. Calonzo

9.30 am

Chair: N. H. Antia
Moderator: Prem Chandran John, India

S1 - Inaugural Session:

Stories: 
 
Mwajuma Saiddy, Tanzania
- Cost Recovery Can Be Fatal
 
Geovanni Atarihuana, Ecuador 
- The Story of Noemi by César Chérrez Bohórquez
 
Sarah Burns, UK
- Alone and Frightened
 
Lipi, Bangladesh 
- Lipi's Story 

Welcome:
 Qasem Chowdhury, Bangladesh

Addresses:

Kabir Master, Minister of Health, Kerala, India
Violeta Menjivar, El Salvador
Vilma Salinas, Philippines
James Orbinski, Medicins Sans Frontieres

11.00 am

11.30 am

S2 - The Story of Gonoshasthaya Kendra

12.30 pm

Chair: Norman Nyazema, Zimbabwe

S3 - Explaining the PHA Process and the Peoples Charter 
 K. Balasubramaniam, Sri Lanka 
 Maria Hamlin Zuniga, Nicaragua 
 Nadine Gasman, Mexico

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

3.00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
Charter Discussions in Language Groups

5.00 pm

Tea Break/Breaking of Fast for Muslims

6.15 pm

Synthesis of the Day in Own Language Groups

7.00 pm

Space for: 
 Participants' own meeting 
 Continuation of concurrent sessions if needed 
 Open cultural stage 
 Free time

from 8.00 pm

Dinner

 
5 December 2000 (Tuesday)
 
Theme of Day Two: Inequality, Poverty and Health 
 

8.30 am

MC: Tara
Theatre, Poetry, Song, Announcements
Suggestions 
 Song, Europe 
 Statement of Solidarity, Mustafa Barghouti, Palestine

9.00 am

Chair: Partha De, Minister of Health, West Bengal, India
Moderator: Maria Hamlin Zuniga, Nicaragua
 
S4 - Poverty and Inequality Affecting Our Health Around the World 

Regional Testimonies 
 
 Africa 
 Asia 
 Europe 
 Latin America 
 Middle East 
 Pacific 

Panel Responses 
 
 Halfdan Mahler, Denmark 
 David Woodward, UK 
 Pascoal Mocumbi, Prime Minister, Mozambique 
 Thelma Narayan, India 
 Asetou E. Samake, Mali 

Interactions from the Floor

11.00 am

11.30 am

S4 - Continuation of Panel Responses to Regional Testimonies and Interactions from the Floor

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

3.00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
Charter Discussions

5.00 pm

Tea Break/Breaking of Fast for Muslims

6.15 pm

Synthesis of the Day in Own Language Groups

7.00 pm

Space for: 
 Participants' own meeting 
 Continuation of concurrent sessions if needed 
 Open cultural stage 
 Free time

from 8.00 pm

Dinner

 
6 December 2000 (Wednesday) 
 
Theme of Day Three: Health Care and Health Exercises 
 

8.30 am

MC: Tara
Theatre, Poetry, Song, Announcements
Suggestions: 
 Poem of Ejiro Joyce Otive-Igbuzor, Nigeria 
 Solidarity Statements and Messages 
 Drama on Globalisation, Japan

9.00 am

Chair: Irene Fisher, Australia
Moderator: David Sanders, South Africa 

S5 - Health Systems and Our Health: What Changes are Needed? 

Stories 

 Alayna Watene, Aotearoa New Zealand
They Said We Weren't Good Enough 

 A. Chintamani, India
Struggling Against Caste Exclusion: A Health Worker's Story 

Panel
 
 Luis Arias, Mexico 
 Allyson Pollock, UK 
 Edelina de la Paz, Philippines 
 Martinho Dgedge, Mozambique 
 Natasha Shawareb, Jordan 
 Interactions from the Floor

11.00 am

11.30 am

Chair: Laxmi C. Jain, India
Moderator: Jihad Mash'al, Palestine 
 
S6 - World Bank Faces the People 
 
Stories 

 Mary Sandasi, Zimbabwe
- Structural Adjustment Programme 
 
 Hugo Icu, Guatemala
- Health Care Reform in Central America 

Presentations 

Richard Lee Skolnik, Regional Director, World Bank 

 Antonio Tujan, Philippines 
- Panel Reaction: World Bank Faces the People

 
 David Legge, Australia 
- Health Inequalities in the New World Order

 Charles Mutasa, Zimbabwe
- A Critical Appraisal of the World Bank Policies in Developing Countries

 Muzzafer Ahmed, Bangladesh 

Interactions from the Floor 
Response from Richard Lee Skolnik 

People's Voices

2.00 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

3.00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
Charter Discussions in Language Groups

5.00 pm

Tea Break/Breaking of Fast for Muslims

6.15 pm

Synthesis of the Day in Own Language Groups

7.00 pm

Space for: 
 Participants' own meeting 
 Continuation of concurrent sessions if needed 
 Open cultural stage 
 Free time

from 8.00 pm

Dinner

 
7 December 2000 (Thursday)

Theme of Day Four: Environment and Survival
 

8.30 am

MC: Tara
Theatre, Poetry, Song, Announcements
Suggestions: 
 Solidarity Statements and Messages

9.00 am

Chair: Mustafa Barghouti, Palestine
Moderator: Robin Scott, UK

S7 - Environment and Survival

Stories 

 Owens Wiwa, Nigeria -
The Ogoni Struggle 

 Maria Ivania Cesar de Oliveira/Ani Wihbey, Brazil
- 27 years defending health and ecology of our island 

 Satinath Sarangi, India
- Continuing Tragedy of Bhopal 

 Halima Begum, Bangladesh
- Flood and Life
  

Panel 

 Rosalie Bertell, Canada
Radiation: Iraq/Pacific/Siberia 

 Julie Delahanty, Canada
Commerlisation of Human Genetic Diversity 

 Qazi Faruz Ahmed, Bangladesh
Environment and Health 

 Anuradha Mittal, India
Access and Right to Food 

Interactions from the Floor

11.00 am

11.30 am

Chair: M. A. Jalil, Minister of Commerce, Bangladesh
Moderator: Yoshi Ikezumi, Japan 

S8 - WTO: Implications for Health 
 
Stories 

 Fatima Akhter, Bangladesh
- Profits Before Rights 

 Marie Russel, Australia
- Living in Remote Rural Australia
 
 Kevin Lafferty, Scotland
- What Unemployment Means 

Panel

 Mike Rowson, UK 
 Mohammad Khalil, Egypt 
 Zafar Mirza, Pakistan 
 James Love, Pakistan 

Interactions from the Floor

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

3.00 pm

Concurrent Sessions
Charter Discussions in Language Groups

5.00 pm

Tea Break/Breaking of Fast for Muslims (Ifter)

6.00 pm

S9 - Special Session:
Health and Survival: Ethics, Legal Action and the Judiciary
Landmark cases where verdicts have been given in favour of the Public

Chair: Abdul Matin Khasru, Minister of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Bangladesh
Moderator: Justice Naimuddin Ahmed, Bangladesh

Panel 
 Justice Shiraz Daud, India 
 Justice Fazlul Karim, Bangladesh

from 8.00 pm

Dinner

 
8 December 2000 (Friday) 

Theme of Day Five: The Ways are Hard
 

7.00am - 9.00pm: 
  Interactive Activities may include exhibition, yoga, meditation, jogging, visual
  displays, story tents, people’s health bookshops, massage, video rooms, etc

8.30 am

MC: Tara
Theatre, Poetry, Song, Announcements
Suggestions: 
 Solidarity Statements and Messages

9.00 am

Chair: Edelina de la Paz, Philippines
Moderator: Mary Murray 
 
S10 - Initiatives to Advance People's Health:

Panel:
 Jenni Moore/Alayna Watene, Aotearoa, New Zealand
- Breathing Life into the Treaty of Waitangi 
 
 Dave Hall, UK
- The Role of Trade Unions in Protecting Public Services
 
 B. Ekbal, India
- Kerala: A State of Commitment to Health

Forward-Looking Experiences from the Floor

11.00 am

11.30 am

S11 - Presentation of Charter and Call for Endorsement
 Ravi Narayan
 Nadine Gasman

12.00 pm

1.30 pm

Lunch

3.00 pm

3.00 pm

S13 -Concluding Session:
Moderators: Zafrullah Chowdhury, Bangladesh
                  Evelyne Hong, Malaysia
Summary 

 Representatives from Africa, the Americas, the Middle East,    Asia, Europe, the Pacific and Bangladesh 
 David Werner, USA 
 Mira Shiva, India 
 Address by Chief Guest: Begum Khaleda Zia
 
Word of Thanks
Video Clips
Conference Song: Give Health A Chance

5.00 pm

Tea Break/Breaking of Fast for Muslims (Ifter)

6.00 pm

Synthesis of the Day in Own Language Groups

from 7.00pm

Farewell Global Mela and Dinner