PHA Issue Papers

1.1

David Werner(USA)

Healthwrights

Communication as if People Mattered: Adapting Health Promotion and Social Action to the Global Imbalances of the 21st Century

1.2

Niclas Hallstrom (Sweden)

Dag Hammarskjold Foundation

The Environment Crisis: Threats to Health and Ways Forward

People’s Charter for Health

2

Discussions of the Proposed Final Draft of the People’s Charter for Health

Health, Environment and Social Justice

3.1

Robin Stott (UK)

MEDACT

Health, Environment and Social Justice

3.2

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

Project Coruja, San Luis, Maranhao

Environment and Life: Denouncing the Situation of San Luis, Maranhao

Effect of multinationals like Shell and Alcoa, and the installation of a space base in Alcantara by USA.

3.3

Gopal Sivakoti Chintan (Nepal)

INHURED International

Mega Dams, Mega Industries and Projects: Their Impact on Health and Environment.

3.4

Manuel Coipel (Cuba) Ramon Collado (Cuba)

Project San Isidro, Old Havana

Healthy Community: The Cuban Experience

An integrated rehabilitation project of San Isidro in Old Havana with an interdisciplinary approach to build a healthy community

Agriculture and Health

4.1

Sarder Jahangir Hossain (Bangladesh)

Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC)

Agricultural Health Hazards (Pesticides and Chemicals)
Health and Sustainable Development

4.2

M.A. Hakim (Bangladesh)

Eco-Village

Agriculture and Health

Presentation of negative impact of chemical fertilizer. Health hazards due to fertilizer and pesticide use.

4.3

Farhad Mazhar (Bangladesh)

Policy Research Development Alternatives (UBINIG) Network Grameen Kalyan

Agricultural as Health

Health in Disasters, Conflict and Emergency Situations

5.1

Odd Edvardsen (Norway)

Tromsoe Mine Victim Resource Center (TMC)

Villages can Manage Emergencies Themselves: Building a Chain of Survival in Mine Affected Areas

Background about the landmine epidemic and introducing the “Village University,” a training model for village medics. Training experience in Myanmar, Kurdistan, Angola, Cambodia and north Iraq.

5.2

Roohullah Shabon (Afghanistan)

Swedish Committee for Afghanistan

5.3

Urmaiyeh Khamash (Palestine)

Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees (UPMRC)

5.4

Peter Walker

East Timor

5.5

Patricia Nickson (UK)

AFRI-CAN

5.6

Prema Gopalan (India)

Health Care for Earthquake Survivors

5.7

Losena T. Salabula (Fiji)

Pacific Concerns Resource Centre

Pacific Emerging Issues

Food

6.1

Anuradha Mittal (USA)

Food First Institute for Food and Development Policy

Access and Right to Food

Biotechnology versus organic faring socio-political implications of people's right and acess to food and the consequences of environmental destruction on food.

6.2

Robert V. Bishop (Palau)

Palau Community Action Agency - National IESL Project

The Links between Family Food Production, Nutrition and Health
Participatory Learning and Action Approach to Preventive Health Delivery
Globalization and Health

By the end of the workshop, the participants will be cognizant that family food production empowers people and is an appropriate health strategy By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to understand how PLA may be used to strengthen preventive health delivery systems. By the end of the workshop, participants will be aware how increasing globalization is leading to deteriorating health in Pacific Island Nations

6.3

Peni Naikaudra Qioniwasa (Fiji)

National Food and Nutrition Centre

Maintaining Food Security

At the end of the workshop, the participants have prepared work plans on food security for their countries.

Medicinal Plants and Knowledge Systems

7.1

E S Mahendrarajah (Sri Lanka)

Gnanammah Integrated Research Farm

Medicinal Plants in Agro Forestry Systems

To impart knowledge on the importance of medicinal plants in agro forestry systems To improve biodiversity and income generation.

7.2

Buddhadeb Chaudhuri (India)

Calcutta University and CARID

Traditional Knowledge and Wisdom Related to Health: Relevance in the Present Day World

To understand the relevance of traditional knowledge and wisdom related to health in the context of globalisation process, Patent Acts, achieving Health for All, Ethno-botany and documentation in the context of commercial interest.

7.3

Madagammadde Gedara Karlin Nona (Sri Lanka)

Rajarata Jana Prabodanee Foundation

Acknowledgement Programmes about Health Services

Acknowledgement about western drugs and indigenous drugs. Sustainable agriculture and environment conservation. Acknowledgement of organic fertilizers.

Bio-Ethics

8.1

Julie Delahanty (Canada)

Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI)

Human Genetic Diversity Research: The China Syndrome

Commercial trade in human tissue is accelerating. In the workshop, RAFI will use the human DNA expeditions in China as a case study to examine the impact of human genetic diversity research and the commercialization and patenting of human DNA on people's health and well being.

8.2

Arjun Karki (Nepal)

Kathmandu University

Health Ethics, Bio-Ethics and Malpractice.

8.3

Hitomi Saeki (Japan)

Medical Health Science University, Hokkaido

Ethical Issue in Asian Medical Setting Regarding Organ Transplants

To know about present organ transplantation influence in Asia and consider: What is humanity? What is equality? What is true development? What shall we do? We accept excellent science technology, but we need to be aware that the life system on earth is also important.

8.4

Aruna Upreti (Nepal)

CEDPA

Equity, Social Justice and Bioethics

Regulatory Systems Development

9.1

Indira Rana
Shanta Thapaliya (Nepal)

Tribhuvan University Law Campus

Protection of the Health of the Poor.

9.2

Shanta Lall Mulmi (Nepal)

RECPHEC and NGO Federation

Ensuring Transparency and Accountability of Providers

9.3

Kapil Shrestha (Nepal)

National Human Rights Commission, Nepal

Participation of the People in Shaping Regulatory Systems

9.4

Dinesh Lal Shrestha,
Purna Shova Chitrakar (Nepal)

Srijana Vikash

Regulatory Systems Development on Community-Based Health Programme

Environment and Survival

10.1

Indu Aryal,
Neeru Shrestha (Nepal)

ABC Nepal and Human Rights Concerned Trust

Impact of Development Programmes on Health and Environment

10.2

Sk. Abul Hosain (Bangladesh)

UJON

Shrimp Industry: Issues and Concerns

10.3

Manik Sarker (Bangladesh)

Rupantor

Shrimp Industry: Issues and Concerns

10.4

Hussain Imam,
S. Mahbubul Alam (Bangladesh)

SEAFS, WBB

Air Pollution

Drug Donations

11.1

Natalia Cebotarenco (Moldova)

Association Drugs

The Issue of the Independent Drug Bulletin
The Creation of Network between Religious Groups and NGOs in New Jude
Implementation of Essential Drugs Concept in Moldova, Ukraine, Russia, Tajikistan.

To share experiences in the publication of Drug Bulletins among consumer NGOs. To discuss of the best ways of distributing the Drug Bulletin to consumers. To highlight the problems on drug donations in the newly independent states of the former Soviet Union. To unite the efforts of international organisations in resolving drug donation problems.

11.2

Amitava Guha (India) 

Pharmaceutical Policy

Privatisation

12.1

Chan Chee Khoon (Malaysia)

Citizen's Health Initiatives

Privatisation of Health Care

Sharing of country experiences of healthcare privatisation Developing political-economic analyses of contemporary healthcare reforms Co-ordination for follow-up actions that may be undertaken at local or National levels Networking and logistics for future communications

12.2

Natasha Shawareb (Jordan)

Jordanian Women's Development Society

Privatisation and Health

12.3

Mie Branders (Belgium)

Medicine for the People

The struggle to keep a neighbourhood hospital open, against the big, commercialised hospital Industry, and involving patients, neighbours, and hospital personnel.

12.4

Cecilia Lapitan (Philippines)

Council for Health and Development (CHD)

Privatisation and Corporatisation of Healthcare

12.5

Emma Manuel (Philippines)

Alliance of Health Workers (AHW)

Privitasation: A Deadly Prescription Detrimental to People's Health and a Burdern to Health Workers

A Discussion of the status of privitisation of government hospitals and the effects of this policy on the people and on hospital workers, and the steps health workers can and should take in relation wih this policy.

12.6

Luis Arias,
Maria Luisa Lopez (Mexico)

Health Workers and Users Movement

Work situation of health workers and the need to establish an international netowkr to exchange information and struggle strategies will be discussed.

Nutrition and Health

13.1

Ruano Laitalainen,
Nazrul Islam (Bangladesh)

CERP (Coastal Embankment Rehabilitation Project)

Agro-Based Nutrition

Based on the experience of CERP as implemented by Pratassi, CCDB, AID Comilla, GUP, Caritas, ALORON, DMSK and DORP

13.2

Jimaima Lako (Fiji)

Fiji Council of Social Services (FCSS)

Strategy of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the Primary Health Care in Fiji

To what degree is nutrition being effectively used as a strategy in health promotion and prevention in primary health care system.

13.3

Nasreen Huq (Bangladesh)

Helen Keller International

Trends in nutritional status in children.

Water Pollution and Health Consequences

14.1

Jamal Anwar (France)

SOS Arsenic

Arsenic Problem in Bangladesh

14.2

J. K. Baral,
Dipak Kumar (Bangladesh)

PROSHIKA

Water Pollution: Arsenic Contamination in Ground Water

To help people in getting arsenic free water for drinking as well as for other family purposes.
Alternative sources of safe water: arsenic treatment, awareness creation.
Suggested actions for provision of safe water.

14.3

Mihir C. Biswas (Bangladesh)

POROSH

Protecting Water Sources from Pollution

Information on the protection of water sources in Bangladesh

Medical Technology and Environmental Protection

15.1

Renu Rajbhandari (Nepal)

WOREC

Dangerous Technology and Health Products

15.2

Mohidul Haq Khan,
Akhteruzzaman (Bangladesh)

SEED

Treatment of Medical Waste

A Ctirique of Population Policy and Programme

16.1

Sathyamala (India)

16.2

Mohan Rao (India)

Jawaharlal Nehru University

Globalisation, Health and Life: Experiences from Latin America

17.1

Rayna Cecilia Cordero,
Blanca Cajina,
Denise Van Wessen (Nicaragua)

Christian Medical Action, Boaco Community Health Program, Soy Nicaragua

Health and Nutrition in Nicaragua

17.2

Geovanni Atarihuana (Ecuador)

Organisation of Caribbean and Latin American Students (OCLAE)

The Cuenca Forum on People's Health

A description of the results of the pre-assembly event held in Cuenca, Ecuador

Men's Health

18

Kevin Lafferty (Scotland)

Men's Unemployment and the Effects on Them and their Families

Consumer Reports on Medicine and Access to Essential Drugs

19.1

Lena Westin
Jan Albinson (Sweden)

Consumer Institute and Association for Medicines and Health (KILEN)

Consumer Reports on Medicine

To given participants the tools and the inspiration needed to establish systems that capitalise on user experiences. To make people interested in taking part in the work of giving birth to a new international network of centres for Consumer Reports on Medicines - RE:ACT! To increase drug users’ knowledge about the effects and side effects of drugs. To make invisible knowledge visible.

19.2

Zahed Md. Masud (Bangladesh)

Health Action Forum (HAF)