PHM GROUP

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PHM GROUP

• SOUTH EAST ASIA Sri Lanka

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SEA SRILANGKA
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Health Status Indicator
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• Generally, South East Asian countries have
  similar problems like communicable diseases, high
  cost of health care poverty. In Sri Lanka,
  government subsidize food and health, but health
  indicators are not very different from other SEA
  countries
• PHM in Philippine and Sri Lanka is well
  established. In Indonesia there are some groups
  but PHM is not yet established. In Vietnam PHM is
  just starting.

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PHM in .
PHILIPPINES

• 22 member organizations
• Regular meeting discussion of issues and
  campaign
  
• Ongoing campaign for higher health budget and
  cheaper medicines
  
• Workshop on social determinants of health early
  2007
  
• 2 Fora about Health in July with Dr. Prem John as
  speaker
  
• Involvement in other socio-political issues
  affecting health e.g. human rights/political
  killings, govt corruption
  
• Office funding Dr Delen dela Paz
  coordinator, Health Action Information Network
  (HAIN) does the secretariat work, no funding-
  each member organization provides for their own
  for every campaign

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PHM in .
INDONESIA

• FKPKMI coalition of faith-based organizations
  in PHC in charge with promoting and expanding
  PHM, Perdhaki as secretariat
  
• Only 4 organizations understand and have
  knowledge about PHM Perdhaki, Muhammadiyah,
  Pelkesi, NU.
  
• Campaign on right to health implemented
  separately by different organization
  

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PHM in .
VIETNAM

• Discussion on health situation with NIOEH,
  Vietnam Red Cross, some nurses, attended by Dr.
  Prem John and Dr. Delen dela Paz, August 2007
  
• Decided to build PHM with Dr. Nguyen Duy Bao of
  NIOEH as chair of core group Ms. Diem Hang as
  focal point

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PHM in

• SRI LANKA

• 20 member organizations, regular 1/mo mtg
• PHM in existence for 7 years
• started Right to Health campaign
• released statement about right to health,
  poster
  
• published a book
• workshop about social determinants of health
• Campaign on rational drug use
• Problems privatization of health, health
  insurance systems
  
• Funding PHM dont have office- big NGOs provide
  their office, divide the tasks among the member
  organizations
  
• Disadvantages PHM not registered, so in
  representations cannot say their organization ii
  PHM, some people in embassy becoming afraid of
  PHM, e.g. Hongkong ministerial meeting embassy
  denied visa of people going to Hongkong

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Country Plans for PHM
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General Recommendations

• Popularize peoples health charter- translate to
  local languages
  
• Familiarize with Alma Ata Declaration
• Must have knowledge about PHM campaigns and
  activities, subscribe to PHA exchange, visit PHM
  website regularly
  
• In discussions with interested groups, may start
  with national health situation
  
• Constant communication among members
• Get influential people in PHM
• Design training programs
• Learn from the experience of other countries
• Contact WHO/ UNICEF/Ministry of Health in
  respective countries
  
• Learn about health system of Cuba

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INDONESIA

• Identify organizations who are interested to join
  PHM
  
• Motivate and increase awareness on PHM of those 4
  organizations which already know about PHM
  
• Set meeting of PHM with organizations who know
  about PHM with other interested groups
  
• Information dissemination and communication about
  the health status of Indonesia, PHM and IPHU
  
• Plan Seminar, workshops, and campaign
• Project on Right to Health campaign and advocacy
  about health services

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PHILIPPINES

• Coordinate with Dr Delen dela Paz, PHM
  coordinator, share the results of IPHU short
  course with other PHM members
  
• Continue with the campaign for higher/adequate
  health budget and cheaper medicines Assess
  campaign afterwards
  
• Make plans with other PHM member organizations

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VIETNAM

• Contact PHM focal points
• Share the information of this short course with
  other PHM persons
  
• Popularize the Peoples Health Charter
• Make a list of health organizations and identify
  which organizations are interested.
  
• Talk with different organizations about PHM
• Hold a workshop, prepare country plan

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SRI LANKA

• Rational Use of Medicines Campaign
• Start publication of Voice of Health (8
  pages tabloid size, 2 pages about PHM activities)

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• THANK YOU
• SALAMAT
• TERIMA KASIH
• CAM ON
• ES THUTHI