GLOBAL HEALTH WATCH Mobilising Civil Society around an Alternative World Health Report GHW Newsletter 3 - August 2004 Welcome to our third edition!!! Please pass on this newsletter to anybody that might be interested in the GHW TO RECEIVE PERIODICAL UPDATES E-MAIL GHWatch-newsletter- subscribe@yahoogroups.com NEW!! GHW LAUNCHES SPANISH VERSION OF THE WEBSITE www.ghwatch.org We are pleased to announce the launch Spanish version of our Website. It contains all the basic information about this initiative: its origins, aims, co- ordination organisations, as well as an outline of the structure of the 2005 GHW Report and the ways in which individuals and organisations can become involved. Please send it to all your Spanish speaking colleagues that might be interested! GET INVOLVED! Time to submit Case Studies The GHW is putting out a call for the submission of country or region-specific case studies. These case studies will form part of the electronic accompaniment to the alternative World Health Report to be launched in July 2005 at the Peoples health Assembly in Ecuador. Some examples of case studies are: - Positive and negative examples of policies and actions to secure improved and equitable access to health care. - Examples of effective, efficient and inclusive public health care systems. - Evidence showing the negative effects of commercialised health care on professional ethics. - The good and bad practices bilateral and multilateral donors on public health stewardship and on the performance of health care systems. - Case studies of the positive and negative impact of multinational corporations on health policy. For more info please contact ghw@medact.org OTHER WAYS TO GET INVOLVED * Translation * Launching the report in your country/ region * Produce an accompanying country or regional paper or report * Funding or fundraising Please pass on this newsletter to anybody that might be interested in the GHW TO RECEIVE PERIODICAL UPDATES E-MAIL GHWatch-newsletter- subscribe@yahoogroups.com If you do not wish to continue receiving this newsletter, please e-mail ghw@medact.org with Unsubscribe in the subject box.