North America

PHM-USA was present at the Left Forum held in New York City at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY) from May 31-June 2. The Left Forum is the largest gathering of the U.S. Left and examines a variety of topics such as health, labor unions, racism, sexism and the environment, through a progressive lens. With up to 6,000 people attending this year, the theme of the conference was Reform and/or Revolution: Imagining a World with Transformative Justice.

The Lancet—University of Oslo Commission on Global Governance for Health' has been released.

This report examines power disparities and dynamics across a range of policy areas that aff ect health and that require improved global governance: economic crises and austerity measures, knowledge and intellectual property, foreign investment treaties, food security,transnational corporate activity, irregular migration, and violent conflict.

Beyond Facebook: Learning to think strategically, organize, and mobilize communities to fight racism in health policies and health systems
A Summary of Saskatoon’s first IPHU-inspired event.

Contents:
1. Occupy Everywhere and PHM
2. PHM’s 3rd People’s Health Assembly: July 7-11, 2012 in South Africa
3. Report from Rio de Janeiro, WHO Conference on the Social Determinants of Health

Contents:
1. First PHM US National In-person Meeting a Success
2. Save the date: Third People’s Health Assembly, July 2012, Cape Town, South Africa
3. Next US IPHU: Petro Metro (Houston/Galveston area), spring 2012
4. PHM US website updated
5. Caring Across Generations conference

28 People’s Health Movement activists participated in the 1st PHM USA National Meeting held July 28th and 29th in Los Angeles. We discussed what PHM is and what it means to endorse the People’s Charter for Health and to be a part of the movement. Drawing upon the results of the membership survey conducted before the meeting, and attendees’ current political work, we developed four issue areas in which PHM US will focus its domestic movement building activities.
 

PHM USA has a double mission: working for health for all in the United States, where great socioeconomic inequality causes terrible disparities in health status and many social problems; and at the same time advocating for fairness in the policies of the US government and US based multinational corporations, many of which undermine health around the world. Some of the most devastating impacts are due to:

Dear friends of Doctors for Global Health,

Our 16th Annual General Assembly will be held this summer in sunny Los Angeles from July 29th to 31st!

Continuing Medical Education Credits (CME) available for physicians- see registration page for details.

REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

If you have not yet registered, click the link below:

http://www.dghonline.org/2011-ga-registration-application

COMMUNITY ACTION FOR HEALTH AND SOCIAL JUSTICE:

Health Begins Where We Work, Live, and Play

Doctors for Global Health 16th Annual General Assembly

International People’s Health University (IPHU) of the People’s Health Movement (PHM) and Social Medicine Journal, PHM-USA Circle, Social Medicine Journal present "Movement Building through Action for Health", a short course for health activists June 4 – 12, 2011 in Bronx, NY, USA for English or Spanish speakers.

The first People’s Health Movement USA National Meeting will be held July 28-29, 2011, at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles CA, in conjunction with the annual assembly of Doctors for Global Health. We invite those who endorse the People’s Carter for Health to participate in identifying our medium-term goals and developing a plan to reach them. This is an opportunity for you to get more involved with the international movement that has set the people’s agenda for global health for the last 12 years.

Story originally posted by Matt Anderson on the Social Medicine Portal.

The workshops in the PHS is aimed towards immigrants and refugees who are living in Vancouver, however, people from all  backgrounds are invited to help out with putting on the series.

Immigrant and Refugee Health Series – Now Accepting Applications!