This
page presents some information about activities in Italy regarding
People's Health Movement. You may also wish to look at the international
website of PHM, where you can find People's Health Charter in
different languages and many other online resources. People's Charter of
Health is the manifesto of PHM.
Origins
of PHM
in
Italy:
Information
about People’s Health Movement (PHM) and People’s Charter on Health
were introduced in Italy in 2001 by AIFO, an organisation bringing
together about 40 grassroot volunteer groups spread all over Italy. Dr.
Sunil Deepak, medical advisor of AIFO is at present the
focal point for PHM in Italy.
Activities of PHM Italy in 2009-11:
Italian Global Health Watch (OISG):
Lot of activites of PHM in Italy are carried out by the Italian
Global Health (Osservatorio Italiano sulla salute Globale - OISG). Dr
Adriano Cattaneo is at present president of OISG and many persons involved
in IBFAN network already know him. Ms. Nicoletta Dentico, vice president
of OISG is also very well known to many persons from PHM in different
countries.
During 2011, OISG came out with its fourth
biannual report InformAzione (Information + Action) on issues of global
health. English version of third report of OISG focusing on development
assistance is available online at the
OISG website.
One of the key achievements of OISG has been
promotion of training modules on "global health" for medical students and
other persons. With the support for an Italian NGO called CUAMM-Medici in
Africa, these training modules (in Italian) are also available
online (free of cost, but they require registration).
Prof. Gavino Maciocco, another member of
OISG and teaching public health at Florence University coordinates a
popular blog
on themes of right to health and global health. Lot of different
persons including many OISG members write on it and help in creating
awareness about PHM goals in Italy.
Meetings with PHM: In 2009, during
the European congress on tropcial medicine, a meeting was organised with
some representatives of PHM (Dr Hani Serag, Prof. David sanders, etc.) and
members of OISG. During 2010, some young doctors from Bologna University
participated in the European meeting on global health held in Berlin, took
part in PHM related activities at the World Health Assembly in 2010 and
2011, organised IPHU training modules in Bologna university and Venice
university in June 2011.
In addition, there was a brain-storming
meeting with Alexis Benos at institute of Hygeine and Public Health of
Bologna university in which different persons involved in PHM Italy took
part (Angelo Stefaini, Ardigò Martino, Chiara Bodino, Ilaria Camplone,
Sunil Deepak, etc.) to discuss how to revive the PHM movement in Europe.
Other organisations supporting PHM:
Many other organisations such as
Doctors for Enrionment, Italian social forum network, etc. have expressed
support for PHM and signed the People's Health Charter. In the initial
moblization for signing the Charter, more than 10,000 persons and
organisations had signed it. Many of these persons are willing to be
involved in specific activities related to PHM and right to health.
Previous reports of PHM in Italy
Report on PHM-Italy
activities in 2001-03
Report on PHM-Italy
activities in 2004-06
Report on PHM-Italy
activities in 2006-07
If
you wish to know more about PHM in Italy write to: sunil.deepakataifo.it
(for email, substitute "at" with "@")
