E-drug: A People's Charter for Health
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Dear Colleagues,
The idea of a People's Health Assembly (PHA) was discussed for more
than a decade. In 1998 a number of organisations launched the PHA
process and
started to plan a large international Assembly meeting, held in Bangladesh
at the end of 2000. See: http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7273/1361.
A range of pre- and post-Assembly activities were initiated including
regional workshops, the collection of people's health-related stories (see
below) and the drafting of a People's Charter for Health.
The attached Charter builds upon the views of citizens and people's
organisations from around the world, and was first endorsed at the
Assembly meeting in Savar, Bangladesh, in December 2000, by the 1500
participants.
See: http://www.pha2000.org.
I should be grateful if you could distribute this document widely. It should
also make a useful teaching resource.
Cheers
Ken
Dr. Ken Harvey, Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health,
Room 221, Building HS1 (NW9),
La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Australia,
Telephone +61 3 9479 5773, Facsimile +61 3 9479 1783,
Personal mobile 0419 181910,
Internet: http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/kharvey/
"Ken Harvey" <k.harvey@latrobe.edu.au>
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