PROJECT GROUP – IPHU SAVAR

Right to Health / Health Care Global – IPHU, Savar

Objectives

To launch the campaign in countries where RTHHC is not yet started

To Strengthen and revitalize the public health care systems

To advocate for increasing access, availability of health care services

To Enhance the accountability of the health care system to community

To build critical human resource for health as a human right

Campaign Activities and strategies

Reviewing the commitment of the countries to RTH

Countries: Benin, Zimbabwe, India, Bangladesh

Strategy: i. Using RTHHC assessment guide to find out the declarations and commitments that the countries have signed to and using it as a tool to get organisations together.

ii. Analysis of health status and health system

Launching the RTHC & follow up:

Countries: Zimbabwe, BeninStrategies: Meetings, Using

Community radio slots and TV, press statements, Health March, position papers

Preparation of materials for the campaign:

Countries: Benin, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka

Strategies: To prepare posters, Pamphlets, T-shirts, translation of books and articles on RTHHC.

Community monitoring of health services :

Countries: India, ZimbabweStrategy – Awareness on

entitlements, producing resource materials in the local languages, wide distribution of materials and use local radios like FM and community radio., News papers

Campaigns towards revitalizing primary health care

Countries: India, Zimbabwe Strategy – Dialogue, advocacy, struggle

and mass mobilization, evidence creating through surveys, filing petition under Right to Information Act, Public hearing at various levels, mobilize support of service providers through sensitizing and including doctors & Village health nurses association in the campaign, etc.,

Training and perspective & skill building on Right to Health / Health care

Countries: Zimbabwe, India, Bangladesh Strategy: Holding workshops, conducting

seminars, training sessions and informal discussions where formal trainings are not possible. Mainstreaming RTH into the programmes of the organisations

Build RTH into the facilitation of PHM members

Health Related Campaigns

Countries: Bangladesh Strategies/specific issues:

– Access and Right to Quality Drugs– Right to Safe Motherhood– Violence against women– Safe Motherhood

Networking to strengthen PHM

Countries: Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka and India Strategy – Linking up the right to health

care campaign with other campaigns (Right to food, campaign against water privatization, etc.,) involve many civil society groups from non – health background, human rights groups, etc . International groups identified are Plan International, Oxfam Nowib

Linking with Global Right to Health Campaign

Countries: India and Zimbabwe Strategy – Sharing experiences,

collaborating in developing resource materials, supporting to the global movement, etc .,

linking with global health watch (Sri Lanka)

Time-lines& Budget

The members will give feed back to the country PHM members and then the time-lines will be set accordingly.

Members will link with other NGOs at country level like Oxfam NOVIB, Plan

Budgets to be drafted at country level