campaign to mobilize community support and political commitment for
the Right to Health and Universal Access. It aims to reach out
globally to collect one million messages (by SMS or tweets) from
people in need of treatment and care (for HIV, Cancer, TB, Diabetes,
Hepatitis and other life threatening diseases) and their families,
care-givers and allies.
These ‘Voices’ will be amplified, disseminated and projected along the
‘March’ starting at the World Health Assembly in May, through two UN
High Level Meetings (HIV in June and Non-Communicable Diseases NCDs in
September), and other major health events. The Million Message March
will ‘arrive’ on Human Rights Day, the 10th of December, at the Office
of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) so
that the messages can ‘Speak-Up’ and be heard at the top of the UN and
its Member States.
We launched the Million Message March today from the Institute of
Palliative Medicine in Calicut, Kerala, India, The Institute, a WHO
Collaborating Center, is a global model for participatory community
based care, and a fitting starting point from which to begin the
March. First Steps: the 2nd World OPEN Health Assembly (WOHA2011), in
tandem with the World Health Assembly, 16-24 May.
WOHA features a non-stop global 'chat' and dozens of 'Speak-Up
Sessions', moderated live by partners in Asia, Africa, Europe and the
Americas, on diverse topics they choose. these partners include the
Institute of Palliative Medicine (WHO Collaborating Center), INPUD
(International Network of People Who Use Drugs), the Lawyers
Collective, the Worldwide Palliative Care Alliance, People's Health
Movement, International Council of AIDS Service Organizations (ICASO),
Foundation for Hospice in Sub-Saharan Africa, African Palliative Care
Association, National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (US),
Human Rights Watch, The International Community of Women with HIV/AIDS
(ICW Asia-Pacific), World Care Council and others.
The Million Message March to the UN (MMM2UN) is a civil society
initiative, spearheaded by the iMAXi Cooperative with the dynamic
participation of many partners. Together, we're forging a new tool for
social mobilization via social media. Open Minds > Open Source > Open
Health (Open to you, too!)
Join the Million Message March to the UN. Tweet @MMM2UN Follow
#Right2Health Starts May 16 with the World OPEN Health Assembly.
Tweet @WOHA2011 Follow #WOHA
SMS: +41 787597991, +91 8129094433 FB: http://on.fb.me/gxLyzl
Blogs: http://www.imaxi.org
This 'open' and online event allows distant health experts and
activists to provide news, views and healthy commentary for launch of
the innovative MMM2UN campaign, with direct connections to leading
'actors' in Delhi, Chennai, London, Cape Town and from the World
Health Assembly in Geneva.
Twitter: @MMM2UN #WOHA
Skype: MMM2UN
Blogs: http://www.imaxi.org
FB: http://facebook.com/MillionMessageMarch
Media contacts:
Malayalam / English: saifsabil@yahoo.com +91 9846690490
English/ French: gordon@imaxi.org +91 8129094433 / +41 787597991
Hindi / Konkanni: menezes@imaxi.org +919673205044
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