PHA Issue Paper

1

Nadine Gasman,
Maxine Hart (Mexico)

National Child Health Programme

Equity and Inequity Today: Some Contributing Social Factors

People’s Charter for Health

2

Discussions of the People’s Charter for Health

Do International Organisations Improve Health?

3.1

P. V. R. Bhaskar Rao (India)

People for Economical and Effective Medicare

Politics of Health

To make people aware of the real motives of certain international organisations in propagating what they make people believe preventive health care.

3.2

Marjan Stoffers (Netherlands)
David Woodward (UK)

WEMOS, MEDACT, WHO

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: Better than Adjustment?

To reflect upon the promises made by the Internation Monetary Fund/World Bank. Should health organisations bother? What are the chances and setbacks?

Health in Transitional Economies

4.1

Galina Vladimirova,
Galina Verchinina,
Vladimir Spriin (Russia)

Women’s Health

Women’s Health in Transitional Economies

Consolidation, advocacy and expansion of intersectoral partnerships for women’s health. The development of ethical standards for medical services and quality control sensitive to women

4.2

Lidiya Grinkevych (Ukraine)

Environmental NGO “MAMA-86"

Women’s Health in Transitional Economies

4.3

Colin McCord (USA)

Columbia University

Is Primary Health Care a State Responsibility?

What can poor countries do when socialist health systems cease: experiences from Mozambique, India, Bangladesh and New York.

NGOs Are No Longer Agents Of Change

5.1

Bert De Belder (Belgium )

Medical Aid for the Third World

NGOs, Agents of Change? the Third World

The instrumentalisation of NGOs under globalisation.

5.2

Lidia Simbertseva (Russia)

NGO Women's Health in St. Petersburg

A critical look at NGOs

Participatory Democracy in Planning Health Services

6.1

Telge Sirimal,
Wijitha Peiris (Sri Lanka)

Alternative Community Health Action (ACHA)

Challenges for Health in the 21st Century

To develop a People's Policy Plan for Health.

6.2

Ratnakar Adhikari (Nepal)

Forum for Protection of Public Interest (PRO PUBLIC)

Participatory Democracy in Policy Decisions

6.3

Lucio Barcelos (Brazil)

Municipality of Porte Allegre

Participatory Democracy and Delivery of Municipal Health Services in Porte Allegre.

6.4

Sarba Raj Khadka (Nepal)

Rural Reconstruction, Nepal

Local Self Governance - People's Participatin and Initiatives in Policy Development and Decisions.

6.5

Azam Ali (Bangladesh)

Public Private Partnership (PPP),
Northern Island Health and Social Services (NICARE)

Community Health: People Taking Care of their Health

To present and discuss the process followed by PPP to design community health scheme with active participation of different stakeholders including the least advantaged groups, mechanism adopted by the community to develop a network of public and private service providers and the community health financing system.

6.6

N. H. Antia

FRCH

Decentralisaiton and Health Care

6.7

Joy Elamon (Bangladesh)

Decentralisation and Health Care

Health and Safety at Work

7.1

Celine Mendels - Flandre (Belgium)

Medicine for the People

Death at Work in the Belgian Steel Industry

The health effects of stress at work and other adverse working conditions in this era of globalisation. Dead at work in the Belgian Steel industry in the year 2000. An original approach of a PHC centre and trade unionists to gain better protection.

7.2

Helal Uddin
A. F. M. Imamuddin (Bangladesh)

Coordinating Council for Human Rights in Bangladesh (CCHRB)

Occupational Safety and Health and Human Rights

Awareness on safe working conditions, occupational health security and chemical hazards in relation to human rights. Includes inputs from B'LAST, MMF, AHARDT AND DORP.

7.3

Shishir Morol,
Philip Gain (Bangladesh)

Society for Environment and Human Development

Survey Report Presentation on Tannery Workers

The miserable condition of 12,000- 15,000 tannery workers would be focused.

7.4

Emily Ilag (Philippines)

Institute of Occupational Health and Safety Development (OHSAD)

Efforts of Hazardous Mining Processes on Health of Mining Workers

Violence Against Women

8.1

Nasreen Huq (Bangladesh)

Naripokkho

Health Implications of Violence Against Women

Discussion on health implications of acid attacks and strategies for prevention and treatment.

8.2

Hasan Abdel Assi (Sudan)

International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)

Female Genital Mutilation

8.3

Kadidia Aoudou Sidibe (Mali)

AMSOPT

Female Genital Mutilation and the Struggle for Women’s Health

8.4

Creszenzo D'Onotria (Italy)

Acid Burn Victoms

Sharing of cases of acid burns victoms in Gonoshasthaya Kendra Hospital

Social Mobilisation for Children's and Women's Health

9

Sarah Amin (Malaysia)
Denise Arcoverde (Brazil)
Lakshmi Menon (India)

World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA)

Social Mobilisation: Promoting the First Food

To share skills and knowledge in generating public awareness and support for global health campaigns, using the experience of the breastfeeding movement. The workshop will highlight various social mobilization approaches and tools for participatory research and the use of various media, particularly the Internet for global campaigning. Reference will be made to World Breastfeeding Week, the Global Participatory Action Research (GLOPAR) project and the use of the website.

HIV/AIDS: A Feminist Exploration

10

Donna Chiarelli (Canada),
Jennifer Stonier, (Canada)
Farida Akhter (Bangladesh)

Women’s Health Interaction (WHI),  Policy Research for Development Alternatives (UBINIG

Uncommon Questions: An Alternative Feminist Exploration of AIDS

The way that HIV/AIDS is perceived, diagnosed, social and political ramifications.  If the prevailing theories and treatments are wrong, the implications are also profound, and the effects tragic and widespread.  The workshop will share an analysis and critique of the HIV/AIDS paradigm using a feminist and human rights framework and methodology.   It challenges the dominant medical-pharmaceutical model and poses "uncommon questions" to generate alternative thinking and debate.

Globalisation Issues

11.1

Gauri Pradhan (Nepal)

Child Workers in Nepal (CWIN) and NGO Federation

Lowering the Unit Cost of Development - International and National Responsibility.

11.2

Umaiyeh Khamash (Palestine)

Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC/UNRWA)

Is Globalisation Good for Health?

11.3

Charles Mutasa (Zimbabwe)

Institute of Development Studies, University of Zimbabwe

Globalisation, Public Health and the Feminisation of Poverty

To provide a platfoorm for interested organisations to exchange ideas, information and map the way forward. To promote networking among the interested organisations/individuals. To have critical assesment of the attempts of the countries to cope with globalisation and its impact on health and poverty.

11.4

David Legge (Australia)

School of Public Health, La Trobe University

11.5

B. Ekbal(India)

Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad (KSSP)

11.6

Robert V. Bishop (Palau)

Palau Community Action Agency - National IESL Project

Globalisation in Small Island Countries

By the end of the workshop, participants will be aware of how increasing globalisation is leading to the deterioration of health in the Pacific Island nations.

Poverty and Poor Health

12.1

Livinus E. Okwume (Nigeria)

Community Development Initiative (CDI)

Poverty: Its Implication for Health

To show how poverty contributes to many health problems like HIV/AIDS, poor nutrition, tuberculosis, maternal problems, etc.

12.2

Rose Nakityo,
Byamukama Anne (Uganda)

Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)

Health Priorities for Developing Countries: A Case Of Uganda

Evaluate the reasons why health is not a priority in the planning sector in Uganda.
Examine whether its ignorance or poverty that contributes to poor health in Uganda.

12.3

Jerome Teelucksingh (Trinidad & Tobago)

Association for the Transformation of Males

Poverty, Health and The Role of Organisations in Health

This will examine the problems facing the poor in developing countries in receiving proper treatment at hospitals, and the cost of medicines; Solutions will also be addressed.
This will address the role of non-governmental and community-based organisations in alleviating and improving the health sector in developing countries.

12.4

Mostaq Ahmed (Bangladesh)

Association for Social Advancement (ASA)

Understanding Poverty - Multi- Dimensional Aspects

Develop better understanding of health and poverty interface.
To develop a people oriented work for analysis and intervention strategies. Presentation based on the experiences of BRAC, Grameen Kalyan and PROSHIKA.

12.5

Rezaul Karim Hashimi,
Laila Parveen (Bangladesh)

FFDA
FIRM

Adibashi's Access to Modern Health Care: Problems and Recommendations

Effects of social prejudice on Adibashi community's access to modern mdeical care and subsequent reliance on traditional practices to health.

TB: The DOTS Debate

13.1

Ram Babu Bhatt (India)

Rajasthan Voluntary Health Association

Tuberculosis Control in Difficult/Remote Areas

To understand and work out action plan of TB control in such difficult/remote areas where health services are not available.

13.2

Alex Ivanov (Russia)

City Health Committee

DOTS in Russia.

13.3

Thelma Narayan (India)

Society for Community Health Awareness, Research and Action (SOCHARA)

13.4

S. A. Hafiz (Bangladesh)

Gonoshasthaya Kendra

DOTS, Modified DOTS or What Else?

13.5

Yoshi Ikezumi (Japan)

Japanese Delegation

TB Spread-Out Among Migrant/Day Labourers

Community Health Workers

14.1

Ani Wihbey,
Maria Ivania- Cesar de Oliviera,
Maria Vitoria Santos (Brasil)

Project Coruja

Community Health Workers in Northeast Brazil: A Case Study of Poca de ONCA

14.2

Selvi (India)

14.3

Abhay Shukla (India)

CEHAT

Community Development and People’s Health

15.1

Edwina Pereira (India)

International Services Association, India (INSA)

Community Development to Enable People’s Health

By the end of the workshop, participants will:
a) Identify links between development and health.
b) Describe development approaches to enable health
c) Identify resources to adopt low cost development program which impact on health.

15.2

Adele Beerling (Bangladesh)

Chakaria Community Health, Project ICDDRB

Self-Help Promotion for Health: How Villagers Select, Arrange and Use Primary Health Care Services Close to their Homes

Gather opinions and feedback from PHA participants on self help promotion for health. Their feedback will influence the preparations for a conference/event on self-help promotion in Bangladesh next year.

15.3

Mohammad Abdus Sabur (Bangladesh)

CARE

Present experiences of the community involvement/participation for improving access to health care and information

Lessons learned form community participation/involvement on various projects for improving access to health care and information will be shared.

15.4

Sarah Shannon
Davida Coady (USA)

Hespeian Foundation

Experiences of Community Involvement and Participation for Improving Access to Health Care and Informaiton

Lessons learned from community participation/involvement on various projects for improving access to health care.

Addressing STD/HIV/AIDS

16.1

Erlinda Palaganas (Philippines)

Health Action Information Network (HAIN)

16.2

Nizam Uddin Ahmed (Bangladesh)

National AIDS/STD Programme and UNDP

Present the current situation of HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. Share information about high-risk behaviours and vulnerable factors that may fuel the HIV epidemic in Bangladesh. Exchange progress and failures of existing HIV/AIDS and STD prevention and control programmes in Bangladesh.

16.3

B. H. Mhlauli
T. B. Sikrwege (South Africa)

Community Health Workers Caring for People with HIV/AIDS

16.4

Steve Minkin (USA)

Network for Infection Prevention (NIP)

Viral Roulette: Malaria, Blood and AIDS in Africa

Investments in safety health care and trainings in medical hygiene are essential in reducing the spread of HIV and other diseases from transfusions, injections and invasive medical procedures.

Health Research

17.1

Ganga Kasaju,
Mathura Shrestha (Nepal)

Alliance for Human Rights and Social Justice, ENHRN and RECPHEC

Demystifying research and development.

17.2

Indira Shrestha (Nepal)

ENHR Nepal

Participatory research involving people as principal actors.

17.3

Goran Sterky (Sweden)

Dag Hammarskjold Foundation

From Needs to Demands

Drugs and Alchohol Addiction

18.1

S.M. Idris (Malaysia)

Consumers’ Association of Penang

18.2

David Werner (USA)

Healthwrights

18.3

Gabriel Britto (India)

National Addiction Center

18.4

Shamin Matin Chowdhury (Bangladesh)

Central Drug Treatment Centre, Government of Bangladesh

Substance and Drug Abuse

Links between drug abuse, prostitution and unsafe sex.

18.5

Frank Tesoriero (Australia)

Flinders University of South Australia

Addresing Drug Issues Among Vietnamese Community in Australia

The Hoi Sinh Project in South Australia: a case study in community partnership and collaborative work to address drug abuse among migrant Vietnamese youth.

18.6

Maria Appie (South Africa)

Post Card Health Committee

Drug Abuse

Abstain and live in a society with a culture of drug abuse.

Healthy Youth

19.1

David Watsenya Watuwa,
D.G. Wekono (Uganda)

BDYA-Youth/Children Project

Youth and Health

19.2

Chanakya Jonnalagadda (South Africa)

International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)

Development of Youth Friendly Services

To raise awareness on how to plan, implement and evaluate youth friendly health services

19.3

Geovanni Atarihuana (Ecuador)

Organisaiton of Carribean and Latin American Students (OCLAE)

The role of Youth in the Construction of Solidarity

Report on Cuenca Forum on People's Health

Children's Right to Health

20

Save the Children Australia, Save the Children Denmark, Save the Children Sweden, Save the Children UK, Save the Children USA

Children's Right to Health

The workshop will initiate dialogue to look at the issue of children's health from the "rights" perspective as opposed to the "service", and will negotiate to include the recommendation in the People's Charter for Health

Jubilee 2000: Debt, Health and the Future

21

Mike Rowson (UK)
Ellen Verheul (Netherlands)

MEDACT/WEMOS

Jubilee 2000: Debt, Health and the Future

To share information and discuss the impact of debt on health and health care. To discuss the progress of the Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign and future plans.

Access to Essential Drugs in the Global Marketplace

22

Bas van der Heide (Belgium),
Pierre Chirac (France),
Zafar Mirza (Pakistan),
James Orbynski (Belgium),
James Love (USA),
Mira Shiva (India)

Health Action International - Europe (HAI) in collaboration with MSF and CPT

Increasing Access to Essential Drugs TRIPS

Build an NGO coalition to campaign at global, regional and national level for better access to essential drugs.
Educate ourselves about IPR issues and explore possibilities compliant with TRIPS.
Strategize for future campaigns.
Case Studies from South Africa (Fluconazole, TACO, Malaria - MSF field person, TB - MSF field person), former Soviet Union.