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== Forum on Trade and Health in the Pacific: PACER Plus - Should we be worried? ==
 
== Forum on Trade and Health in the Pacific: PACER Plus - Should we be worried? ==
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PHM Oz is collaborating with the Institute for Human Security and the Public Health Association of Australia to organise a free public forum on trade and health in the Pacific to be held in Melbourne on 12-13 April 2010.
 
  
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'''Venue:'''
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'''Melbourne, 12-13 April 2010'''
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Ground floor lecture theatre (G04)
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City Campus, La Trobe University
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215 Franklin St, Melbourne
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This forum will bring together researchers, activists and health professionals from Australia and the Pacific to consider a range of health issues at stake in the current renegotiation of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) as PACER Plus.
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For background information see the resource page [[Pacer Plus: Should we be worried about the impact on health in the Pacific?]]
  
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'''Day 1 (12 April)''' will include presentations by expert speakers from both Australia and Pacific Island Countries on health issues including:
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PHM Oz collaborated with the Institute for Human Security and the Public Health Association of Australia to organise a free public forum on trade and health in the Pacific, held in Melbourne on 12-13 April 2010.
  
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• Nutrition and health in the Pacific
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[http://phmoz.org/wiki/images/c/c4/Trade%26HealthPacificMelbourneForumReport.pdf '''Download FINAL REPORT''']
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This forum brought together researchers, activists and health professionals from Australia and the Pacific to consider a range of health issues at stake in the current renegotiation of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) as PACER Plus.
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Sponsoring organisations and groups included:
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*The La Trobe University Institute for Human Security
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*The Victorian Branch of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
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*The Political Economy of Health, Primary Health Care and International Health Special Interest Groups of PHAA
  
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• Implications of foreign investment in health care
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Many people contributed to organising this event, which was coordinated by a working group comprising David Legge, Deb Gleeson, Paula O'Brien, Cassandra Fletcher and Wes Morgan.
  
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• Labour mobility and ‘brain drain’
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'''Day 1 (12 April)''' included presentations by expert speakers from both Australia and Pacific Island Countries on health issues including:
  
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• Economic development and health
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*Nutrition and health in the Pacific
  
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• Gender inequality
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*Tobacco and alcohol exposure
  
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'''Day 2 (13 April)''' will involve small group discussions focused on planning for research and advocacy.
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*Implications of foreign investment in health care
  
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Health practitioners, researchers, academics and activists, along with others with an interest in the impacts of trade agreements in the Pacific are invited to attend.
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*Labour mobility and ‘brain drain’
  
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This forum is a shared initiative of the People’s Health Movement Australia (PHM Oz), the Institute for Human Security and the Public Health Association of Australia
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*Economic development and health
  
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There is no charge for this event.
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*Gender inequality
  
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To register your interest in attending and receiving program updates and background papers, please contact Cassandra Fletcher (c.fletcher[at]latrobe.edu.au) or Deborah Gleeson (d.gleeson[at]latrobe.edu.au)
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'''Day 2 (13 April)''' involved small group discussions focused on planning for research and advocacy.
  
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[http://www.latrobe.edu.au/city/location '''Campus location map and public transport''']
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[http://phmoz.org/wiki/images/d/da/Trade%26HealthForumFlyer_Version2.pdf '''Download Flyer''']
  
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DRAFT PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION FORM WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY
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[http://phmoz.org/wiki/images/3/33/ForumProgramFINAL.pdf '''Download Final Program''']

Latest revision as of 04:25, 9 May 2010

[edit] Forum on Trade and Health in the Pacific: PACER Plus - Should we be worried?

Melbourne, 12-13 April 2010

For background information see the resource page Pacer Plus: Should we be worried about the impact on health in the Pacific?

PHM Oz collaborated with the Institute for Human Security and the Public Health Association of Australia to organise a free public forum on trade and health in the Pacific, held in Melbourne on 12-13 April 2010.

Download FINAL REPORT

This forum brought together researchers, activists and health professionals from Australia and the Pacific to consider a range of health issues at stake in the current renegotiation of the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations (PACER) as PACER Plus.

Sponsoring organisations and groups included:

  • The La Trobe University Institute for Human Security
  • The Victorian Branch of the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA)
  • The Political Economy of Health, Primary Health Care and International Health Special Interest Groups of PHAA

Many people contributed to organising this event, which was coordinated by a working group comprising David Legge, Deb Gleeson, Paula O'Brien, Cassandra Fletcher and Wes Morgan.

Day 1 (12 April) included presentations by expert speakers from both Australia and Pacific Island Countries on health issues including:

  • Nutrition and health in the Pacific
  • Tobacco and alcohol exposure
  • Implications of foreign investment in health care
  • Labour mobility and ‘brain drain’
  • Economic development and health
  • Gender inequality

Day 2 (13 April) involved small group discussions focused on planning for research and advocacy.

Download Flyer

Download Final Program

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