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, Benin Strategies: 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, Zimbabwe Strategy – 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