Invitation to join us and to endorse --The People's Health Movement's "Right to Health Campaign"
People's Health Movement (PHM) in South Africa will be officially launching its "Right to Health" Campaign.
Time: Saturday, 8th of September
Venue: Oliver Tambo Hall, Khayelitsha
Time: 10:00
We will first march from Nolungile Clinic (Site C) to OR Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha to demand our rights! At the Hall, we will hear from prominent South African and international health activists about how we can fight for the right to health for all.
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PHM is a global movement whose goal is to ensure that the health of every human being on earth improves. We plan to do this by mobilising for health to be placed highest on the agenda of political priorities.
We have a broad and inclusive definition of health and understand that it is not only poor health services that are to blame for our burden of disease. Incorrect or poorly implemented policies, at both a global and local level, are resulting in our people not having access to many of the simple factors that determine good health-adequate food, clean water, decent sanitation, secure housing, steady employment, proper health information and cheap, locally-produced medicines.
The Right to Health Campaign in South Africa is based on the fact that we have a non-negotiable right to these basic determinants of good health. We are part of a global grassroots campaign spreading this message. We have already enlisted support and received endorsement from a wide range of organisations, including faith-based organisations, NGO's, trade unions, health care workers, activist groups, student organisations, public health associations, universities and others.
Recent events have highlighted the health crisis we face in South Africa, and we write to ask for your organisation's support in our campaign. You can assist us by either sending us a written endorsement of the principles we stand for (via return email, fax or letter) and/or by your representatives attending the official launch of the campaign on 8th September at the Oliver Tambo Hall in Khayelitsha.
Thanking you in advance
The Steering Committee for the Right to Health Campaign in South Africa
Contact: Dorothy Appalasamy (Co-ordinator), 082-806-0540 or 021-932-6042 or mailto:st.faith@telkomsa.net
On the web, visit http://www.phmovementsa.org for information on the South African campaign or www.phmovement.org for more on the global People's Health Movement.
"Health is a social, economic and political issue and above all a fundamental human right. Inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence and injustice are at the root of ill-health and the deaths of poor and marginalised people." People's Charter for Health
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Bridget Lloyd
mailto:bridget@hst.org.za