PHA Issue Paper

1

David Sanders (South Africa)

International People’s Health Council (IPHC)

Medicalisation of Health Care and the Challenges of Health for All

People’s Charter for Health

2

Discussions in Language Groups of the People’s Charter for Health

Health Sector Reform & Control of Tropical & Chronic Diseases

3.1

Nyanyika Nehemiah Otto (Tanzania)

Muhimbili Medical Centre

Control of Cholera Outbreak Through Hygiene Education and Environmental Sanitation in Dar-Es-Salaam, Tanzania

To assess knowledge, attitude, behavior and skills (kabs) in cholera outbreak. To assist in planning for appropriate sanitary interventions on the basis of community participatory towards controlling cholera.

3.2

Martyn Sama (Cameroon)

Institute of Medical Research and Study of Medicinal Plants

Community-directed treatment with Ivermectin in Onchocerciasis control
Health sector reform and control of tropical disease

To develop strategies to ensure sustained demand, supply and distribution of Ivermectin for the control of Onchocerciasis. Identify factors influencing uptake of ivernectin by people at the community level To increase the understanding, scientific knowledge, and evidence of how Tropical Disease control is impacted by, or should adapt to, reforming health sectors

3.3

Manidip Sarkar (India)

Foundation of Rational Therapeutics (FORT)

Malaria Control - Every One's Concern
Insect Borne Diseases with Particular Emphasis on Malaria
Health Sector Reform and Control of Tropical Diseases

Topical communicable diseases worldwide have become a major health problem by now and especially 'malaria' has become one of the greatest 'killer diseases' in our country and in other neighbouring countries as well. Therefore to create awareness and exchange experience and views to formulate strategies in the Assembly to incorporate in health charter.

3.4

Haider Abu Ghoush (Palestine)

New Trends in Chronic Diseases and Management Aspects

3.5

T. Sunderaman (India)

All India People's Science Network

Epidemiology of Disease Control in Primary Health Care

3.6

Ravi Narayan (India)

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

Role of Internationa Agencies in Disease Control Programme

Community Involvement in Health Planning

4.1

Prue Borman (Australia)

Health Care Consumer’s Association ACT

Broad network of health care consumers, providing access to equitable, appropriate, and effective health services. Sharing of understanding, experiences and views.

4.2

Yvonne Dalziel (United Kingdom)

Lothian Primary Care NHS Trust

Community Involvement in Primary Care Development

To highlight the benefits of this approach to the work of primary care To discuss how cultural and structural change happens.

4.3

Bonifacio Gonzales Uy (Philippines)
Elizabeth Uriat (Philippines)

Council of Services for the Elderly, Institute of Primary Health Care of Davao Medical School Foundation and the Institute of Philippine Culture, Ateneo de Manila University

A People-Generated Rural Community Health Care Financing Scheme in a Mindanao Village, Philippines

A locally-initiated and maintained community financing system which enables residents to pay modest fees for membership in a health care scheme to obtain quality care.

4.4

Shaik Tanveer Ahmed (Pakistan)

Health and Nutrition Development Society (HANDS)

1. Sustainable health care services
2. Sustainability of PHC through RIBA free model of credit

To share a model of sustainable health care services; To define the important role of community in sustainable health care services. To share a sustainable model of PHC. To share a RIBA free model of micro credit. To introduce revolving credit as sustainable incentive for voluntarism.

Privatisation and National Health Services

5.1

Allyson Pollock,
Judith Cook (United Kingdom)

UK National Health Service Contrasted with US System

5.2

Fran Baum (Australia)

Flinders University of South Australia

A Universal Health System Under Siege

A study of NGO-trade union campaign to defend the Universal Health Insurance Scheme against privitisation

5.3

Dave Hall (UK)

Public Service International research Unit (PSIRU)

Health Care Reform in Central America

6.1

Rene Perez (Nicaragua),
Eduardo Espinoza (El Salvador),
Giovanni Salazar (Guatemala),
Francoise Barton (Netherlands),

Rescate Project in Central America.

Local Innovative Experience in Health and Reform in Central America.

Participation, equity, intersectoral action, sustainability, relevance and quality in the reality of Central America.

6.2

Hugo Icu (Guatemala),
Prasedez Polanco (Dominicam Republic),
Aida Peralta (Mexico),
Carolina Grajales (Mexico),

Regional Committe for the Promotion of Community Health

25 Years of Regional Committee Work

Epilepsy Care

7

Chanda Kulkarni (India)

St. John's Medical College

"Our role in 'Epilepsy’ Care" - Lecture
"Our role in 'Epilepsy' Care" - Skit
"Our role in 'Epilepsy’ Care" - Quiz and Poster

To educate the public about 'epilepsy'.
To remove superstitious beliefs about 'epilepsy'
To highlight the do's and don'ts in 'epilepsy'
To assess basic knowledge and to improve the give necessary guidelines

People’s Perceptions and The Quality of Rural Health

8.1

Syed Azizur Rahman
Farida Akhter (United Kingdom )

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Public Sector Health Care Services in Rural Bangladesh: People's View on That

To share the reseach findings with the cross-section of participant on the quality of service and people's attitude and knowledge about the services provided through PHC facilities in rural areas of Bangladesh (Findings from a PhD research project).

8.2

Frida Pederson (Cameroon)

CEPIC KUMBA

Awareness of Rural and Semi-Urban Population- Health and Health Related Issues

Song Za Kam (Myanmar)

Catholic Lay Mission

Primary Health Care in remote areas
Outreach health programme
Health bulletin - audio visual media

To organise the rural poor people to put up primary health care centres in villages with trained health workers who is able to provide health care, preventive education and have a revolving funds to replenish medicine stock Every village composed of trained health workers visiting villages to conduct health outreach education and organising the people to take care of each others health need Integrate health education topic in meeting according to the interest of audience and a section health regional/local bulletin distribution of health educational materials and showing medias

8.4

Mostaque Ahmed (Bangladesh)

Association for Social Advancement (ASA)

Role of Rural Health Workers (VHA) and Traditional Birth Attendants (TBA) for Rural Health Services

Revisit the objectives for which VHA and TBA were integrated to the national health programs. To understand and reposition the role of VHW and TBA in a globalised world.

8.5

Jenni Mooore
Alayna Watene (New Zealand)

Healthcare Aotearoa

Not for the 'Faint-Hearted' Guide to Importing a Programme: Te Wana Quality Programme Experience

Health Sector Reform, Financing and Cost Recovery

9.1

Margarita Hakobyan (Armenia)
Souad Al Hibshi (Yemen)

OXFAM (GB)

Health Sector Reform in Armenia/Yemen and Sustainable Financing for the Poor and Marginalised

To introduce the health situation in Armenia/Yemen in line with the Health Sector Reforms; To explore the purpose of Oxfam health intervention; To share cost sharing study in Yemen, the evaluation of RDF component of PHC program in Armenia and Oxfam strategy demonstrating the feasibility of community based primary health financing system as an alternative to cost recovery leading to policy and practice changes.

9.2

Mohammad Abdus Sabur (Bangladesh)

Forum on Health Care Financing and Organisation

Health Care Financing for a Productive Life

Present different experiences of health care financing from Bangladesh

9.3

Sunny Akuopha (Mali)

Agence Africaine pour la Development Communal

Challenge for Health for All: A National Budget

To discuss how to mobilise the people in influencing the government on how to spend tax money to ensure health needs and requirements are met.

9.4

Secours Populaire

Universal Medical Coverage

9.5

Mohib Ullah Khondoker (Bangladesh)

Gonoshasthaya Kendra (GK)

GK's Urban Health Insurance: Affordable Model for the Poor

To discuss how to mobilise the people in influencing the government on how to spend tax money to ensure health needs and requirements are met.

9.6

Jocelyn Santos-Andamo (Philippines)

Health Alliance for Democracy (HEAD)

The Philippine Health Sector Reform Agenda (HSRA): What Reforms? Whose Agenda?

The presentation aims to describe how the Department of Health's HSRA fails to respond to the Filipinos' health needs and problems while ensuring increased commercialisation and profits for the state and private corporations.

9.7

Allah Shukrallah (Egypt)

RAP in Egypt

9.8

Aref Masud (Bangladesh)

Gonoshasthaya Kendra

Ultrasound - A Cost Effective and Affordable Tool in Primary Health Care: Experience of Gonoshasthaya Nagar Hospital

International Code on Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes

10

Sita Letchmi (Malaysia)

International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN)

Protecting breastfeeding through the International Code and Resolutions. Code Monitoring.

To sensitize people above the degree of implementation and violation of the International Code and Resolutions and the on-going campaign to protect breastfeeding against the promotion of commercial baby foods. To ensure as many people become whistle blowers for code violations.

Health Care for Women

11.1

Manoranjan Mishra (India)

Family Planning Association of India Bhubaneswar Branch

Reproductive Sexual Health: ICPD + 6

To review the actions taken by governments of different countries and NGOs on ICPD recommendations.

11.2

Smita Bajpai (India)

Center for Health Education, Training and Nutrition Awareness (CHETNA)

Making Efforts towards Comprehensive Health for Women.

To strengthen a perspective on comprehensive health for women in the life cycle, integrating violence and gender issues. To develop strategies for addressing women;s health concerns in the life cycle.

11.3

Mwaphefo Esther Kellhapile (South Africa)

Women’s Health Project

Strategies to Increase Access to Abortion Services

11.4

Nurhasdiana (Indonesia)

MATAHARI

Problems Regarding Reproductive Rights and Drug in Aceh

To expose problems regarding reproductive rights and drug abose in Aceh, Indonesia.

11.5

Julia Ahmed (Bangladesh)

Bangladeshi Women’s Health Coalition (BWHC)

Comprehensive Reproduction Health Care - People’s Perspective & Its Management

Challenges in ensuring integrated health care facility of the public health field will be clearly outlined; and possible remedies and the identification of relevant partners from the participants will be worked out.

Tobacco Control

12.1

Anthony So
Rob Weissman (USA)

Rockefeller Foundation

Shaping the Philantropic Response to Tobacco in Developing Countries.
Corporate Globalisation, Civic Globalisation and Tobacco: Trade, Investment and North-South NGO Alliances

12.2

Belinda Hughes (Thailand)

Action on Smoking and Health Foundation, Thailand

The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and The Framework Convention Alliance

To discuss the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, a global treaty for NGOs to be involved and how NGOs can be involved through the Framework Convention Alliance.

12.3

Rob Moodie (Australia)

Victorian Health Promotion Foundation

Setting Up a Health Promotion Foundation

To provide participants with ideas and experiences about how to set up a health promotion foundation using levy and tobacco taxes or alcohol taxes.

12.4

Saifuddin Ahmed
Tania Amir (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh Anti Tobacco Alliance

Poverty and Tobacco Use
Poverty, Tobacco and Bangladesh's Successes in Tobacco Control

Financial loss, death and evironmental pollution due to tobacco use will alarm the users and policy makers. The case against BAT and the formation of the Bangladesh Anti-Tobacco Alliance will be shared.

Abuse of Oestrogen Drugs

13

S. Mohamed Jaffar Sadiq (India)

Engineer Trust

Polycystic Ovaries

To eradicate the problem of cyst formation in ovaries of women between age group of 18-40 years. Caused to over production of oestrogen hormone, may be due to injudicial use of hormonal drugs (oestrogen content drugs), unnecessary drugs etc. Polycystic ovaries lead to many problems like mental agony, sterility and hemorrhage. In Tamilnadu, most of the women suicide cases are reportedly due to stomach pain. .

Unnecessary Injections

14

Vivian Wyett (United Kingdom)

Unnecessary Injections

The dangers
Experience and ideas of those attending
How to educate

People-Oriented Education for Healthcare Professionals

15.1

Prof. K.R. Sethuraman (India)

Educators for Quality Update of Indian Physicians (EQUIP)

“Looking Beyond Rationality” in Healthcare
Multi-Dimensional Healthcare Model to Promote Holistic Education for Key Players
Promoting “Patient-Friendly Initiative”

To consider placebo, Hawthorne and spiritual factors and their role in healing to find feasible ways to incorporate these powerful forces of healing into ethical practice.
To discuss the “Equip(p-Model” of multi-dimensional healthcare as a tool for holistic approach, to consider its utility in promoting holistic approach in traditional clinical teaching and to empower other key players in healthcare.
To prepare draft guideline for healthcare facilities on “patient-friendliness,” to discuss strategies for multi-pronged push to promote this concept in the Third World.

15.2

Boshi Mohala (South Africa)

Rural Support Network

Role of Health Sciences Students in Curriculum Reform

An approach in mobilising health sciences students to reach out to disadvantaged countries and contribute to curriculum reform.

15.3

Samia Holeleh (Palestine)

Birziet University

15.4

G. P. Dutta (India)

15.5

Robin Joubert (South Africa)

Natal Institute of Community Health Education

Facilitating Community-Based Education

Programmes for health professionals with a partnership framework - a South African experience with privatization focus.

15.6

International Federation of Medical Students (IFMSA)

15.7

Staffan Bergstrom (Sweden)

Karolinska Institutet

Unsafe Drugs

16

Christiane Fischer (Germany)

BUKO Pharma-Kampagne

German Drugs: Made in Europe, Not Safe for the World

What is imported is not always best and even be more damaging to the south: like the German Drug Exports. These drugs are irrational, useless and do not guarantee access to essential drugs for the poor.

Struggle for Community Control II

17.1

Lanny Smith (USA)

Doctors for Global Health

Liberation Medicine

The conscious, conscientious use of health to promote social justice and human dignity through the use Community- oriented Primary Care, with example from El Salvador and other approaches to Liberation Medicine.

17.2

Maria Luisa Lopez
Gabriel Garcia
Aida Pereira (Mexico)

National Movement of Popular Health

Primary Health Care or Health in People's Hands?

The concept of primary health care and who it serves will be discussed in the light of experiences of different countries. The People's Hands' will be presented and the differences between the two models discussed.

Ways of Seeing Health

18.1

N. D. Emmel (United Kingdom)

Nuffield Institute for Health

Defining Health - Ways of Seeing and Ways of Doing Health and Health Care

To explore the way in which health is defined in international policy making with partiuclar reference to recent publications by the World Bank and World Health Organization.

18.2

Irene Fisher (Australia)

jawayn Association, Nothern Territory

Aboriginal Perspective on Health

Access to Essential Drugs in the Global Marketplace

19.1

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

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

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.

19.2

Amit Sen Gupta (India)

All India People's Science Network (AIPSN)

Globalisation, WTO, Patents and Pharmaceuticals