Dear Friends Greetings from the Global Health Watch! We are still looking for reviewers for a number of chapters and would like your suggestions. As with the first edition of GHW, we want to make sure that the Watch reflects issues from regions around the globe. Each chapter is written collaboratively, and the review process is intended as a further opportunity to ensure that each regions issues are reflected in this next edition of the Watch. The overview of GHW 2007/08 contents is below. Please indicate which chapter you would be interested in reviewing or alternatively forward suggestions for reviewers with their email address to ghw@hst.org.za <mailto:ghw%40hst.org.za>. Suggestions needed ASAP. Many thanks Bridget Global Health Watch 2007/08 ? overview of contents: A Overarching political and economic global issues B Health Care Sector 1.1 Globalisation of health care / trade in health services (medical tourism, GATS, etc)/ global trends & tendencies. 1.2 Health systems 2 Mental health 3 Africa's health crisis 4 Health of Migrants 5 Health Rights of prisoners and political detainees 6 Health Research C Beyond health care 1.1 Urbanisation / health problems of the urban poor 1.2 Sport in Health: Unhealthy Business or Preventive Movement 2 Humanitarian responses to disaster and conflict: 3 Updating & continued watching of chapters covered in GHW1 3.1 Education 3.2 Water 3.3 Food 3.4 Climate Change 3.5 War War and Health in the Middle East 4 Extractive Oil industry and health D Watching 1.1 WHO 1.2 CSDH 2 Accountability & transparency of UN agencies 3 GPPI's - overview 4 Gates 5 GFATM 6 IFI's 7 Medicines, IPR's, access 8 Foreign assistance: - USG - PEPFAR - Canadian donors - Australian Aid - European donors 9. TNC's: - Infant food - Tobacco E. Right to Health F. Summary and strategies