PHM UK People's Health Movement in the UK
Welcome to the website of the People's Health Movement in the UK; PHM UK
PHM UK is the UK circle of the global People's Health Movement; a network of activists, researchers, campaigners, grassroots orgnaistions, groups and individuals concerned about growing inqualities in health globally and locally and taking action to address the causes. Find out more by reading about us.....
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People, Politics and Global Health course
In April 2009, the first London IPHU course took place, 'People, Politics and Global Health; actions to change the approach.' The course was designed to enable participants to think critically about key issues in global health, and to develop the skills to take action on global health concerns.
IPHU stands for International People's Health University, and is a project of the global PHM. The IPHU aims to contribute to 'health for all' by strengthening people's health movements around the globe, by organising and resourcing learning, sharing and planning opportunities for people's health activists. IPHU courses have now been held in 10 countries since 2007, and three more are planned for 2009.More information about the IPHU appoach can be found on the IPHU webpages.
The UK course was well received. The course summary is available. A further course will be held in the UK early in 2010.
Human Rights and Health in the UK Report
PHM UK worked in association with Medact and Doctors for Human Rights to prepare a report about the fulfillment of the right to the highest attainable standard of health in the UK. The report was a response to the UK goverment's submission to the UN Committe on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. It looks in detail at the health and healthcare of migrants and asylum seekers; health care in immigration detention; mental health; health and health care of older people; maternity care; NHS reforms including privatisation; human rights education for health professionals. The full report can be found on the UK pages of the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights website. Read more about our work on Human Rights and helath in the Uk here.....
The People's Health Movement has a global Right to Health and Healthcare Campaign, of which the UK report is a part.
Global Health Watch 2 Launch
Global Health Watch 1 was published in 2005. Global Health Watch 2 – like its predecessor - presents an alternative perspective on the state of global health in the 21st century. Produced by the People's Health Movement, Medact and the Global Equity Gague Allience, it places major health concerns in their political and economic context, highlighting the disparities in health between the rich and the poor and between the powerful and the marginalised. It emphasises the need to tackle the underlying determinants of ill-health and health inequalities.
GHW2 calls on governments, international institutions and civil society to reassert the principles, moral values and rationale expressed in the Alma Ata Declaration on primary health care in 1978, a call that has become increasingly urgent given globalisation, the ascendancy of a harmful neo-liberal doctrine, and the threat of global warming. Crucially, it stresses that global health institutions must be honest and accountable.
GHW 2 was lauched in London at a meeting attended by 200 in individuals; academics, policy makers, activists and members of the NGO sector. The report can be read and downloaded online, or ordered from Zed Books.