People's Health Movement Australia

The People's Health Movement The People’s Health Movement (PHM) is a global coalition of grassroots and health activist organisations dedicated to addressing the burden of preventable disease globally but in particular that carried by developing countries. The goal of the People’s Health Movement is to re-establish health and equitable development as top priorities in local, national and international policy-making with comprehensive primary health care as a key strategy to achieve these priorities. More about PHM Australia More about PHM Global Upcoming Launches Come and find out more about PHM globally and engage with the development process of PHM in Australia. PHM NSW Workshop and Launch 9:30am-4pm, Monday 21 March 2005, Sydney PHM Vic Launch and Information Night 7:15 nibbles, 7:30pm start, Thursday 24 March 2005, Melbourne For more information see News and Events. PHM South Australia launched in September 2004. See the SA Main Page for a short report. Campaign to defend UNICEF's mission to defend children In May 2005 Ms Ann Veneman, former US Secretary of Agriculture, will take office as the Executive Director of UNICEF. Her nomination, negotiated secretly by the UN Secretary General with the US Government and rapidly approved by UNICEF's Executive Committee, has alarmed public health advocates around the world. Ms. Veneman has no background in public health, children's welfare, or the rights of disadvantaged people. Her history as an advocate for agribusiness, both as a private lawyer and in government, is characterized by privileging private profit above the public good. Applied at UNICEF, this will be a disaster for the world's children. PLEASE SIGN ON to the People's Health Movement's Letter of Concern detailing our reservations about the appointment of Ms. Veneman and the appointment process. To read the letter and sign on, go to www.saveunicef.org Thank you for defending UNICEF's mission. For more information contact phm@hesperian.org |} People's Health Assembly 2005 Public Health Assembly 2005 The Second Peoples Health Assembly is scheduled to be held in July 2005 in Cuenca, Ecuador. PHA 2005 Website PHAA commits to supporting second People's Health Assembly PHM Oz features in the March issue of the magazine In Touch published by the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA). You can download the magazine from the PHAA website. Page 5: The Primary Health Care Special Interest Group commits to giving strong support to the second People's Health Assembly. Page 7: Feature article on the history of PHM and the role PHAA members have played in setting up PHM Oz. Announcements Email List If you would like to stay in touch with PHM Oz issues and initiatives, please subscribe to our announcement email list.