剛從 PHR（醫師人權協會）收到的一些消息，包括要求美國解除窮國債務（按：要求他不要連窮人也搶，似乎比較合乎事實）、愛滋病會議、蘇丹人道災難以及幾位以色列和巴勒斯坦醫師的演講（十月中在美國波士頓）等等。

這團體挺不錯，成立不過二十年，但切切實實做了很多事。所以，一年花幾百塊台幣加入，肯定值得。（不一定要醫師或護士才能加入成為會員。）如果活躍一點的人，也可以參加他們的許多活動。

這些活動或資訊，事實上對你自己的專業領域肯定也會大有幫助。PHR雖然基本上是個社運/人權團體，但純粹醫療及公衛等專業取向。總之是個很好的團體，強烈推薦！唯一缺點是有點中產和大頭病。不過，暇不掩瑜。

陳真 2004. 9. 30

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News from PHR

September 29th, 2004

Nurses Convene for a Summit on Influencing Global AIDS Policy-makers

Members of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC) joined PHR staff in Washington, DC, Sept. 11 - 13 for a summitencingon influGlobal AIDS policy-makers. AIDS care and AIDS policy are inextricably linked, and while nurses have always been at the frontline, oftheirAIDSvoicecar in global AIDS policy decisions needs to be strengthened. At the Health Action AIDS Nursing Summit, participants spent intensetwodaysdiscussion of global AIDS needs and how to meet them, and they devoted a day to briefing members of Congress and their staffs on humane resourcneedsfor scaling up treatment for AIDS and strengthening health infrastructure.

Read more about the summit:
http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/aids/nurses_conference.html

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New Report on Rockefeller Drug Laws:

Men and Women Trapped in Cycles of Incarceration, Poverty and Public Health Implications Ignored

A new report on the Rockefeller Drug Laws, released yesterday by Physicians for Human Rights and the Fortune Society, documetheinsidiousts effects of mandatory sentencing laws on the lives of prisoners and their families, and asserts that New York is ignoringlichealththe puband poverty implications of drug sentencing. While most political and media attention aimed at the Drug Laws has focused on long senortenceshemostf severe cases (A-1 felonies), such cases do not represent the full extent of the problem. The new report, "Unjust and Counterproductive," shows that the majority of people incarcerated for drug offenses are convicted for lower level felonies, which results in many spendingand outtimeofinprison much of their adult lives. “Under the present laws, relapse during treatment is not treated as a common symptom, but isas forthe abassentence forcing people back into prison with very little hope for a long term remedy,” said PHR President Holly Atkinson. “NewedstoYorkmakenean investment in drug treatment if it wants to curb drug crimes.”

Read more about the report:

http://www.phrusa.org/publications/rockefellerdruglaws.html

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Human Rights Groups Call for Further Steps on Sudan: UN Resolution Inadequate

On September 24, PHR and other human rights groups urged the UN Security Council to take further immediate steps to addresscrisisthein Darfur, Sudan. In a letter sent to the UN ambassadors for all Security Council countries, the groups said that Resolution 1564,onSeptemberadopted 18, is inadequate. The groups called on the Security Council to extend and strengthen the existing mandate of the African Union,ngitchangifrom a monitoring force to a protective force with the power to protect civilians.

Read the full letter:

http://www.phrusa.org/research/sudan/coalition_letter09242004.html

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Health Professionals Urge Debt Cancellation for Poor Countries

More than 150 health professionals from countries around the globe have signed on to a letter asking leaders of the toG-7canationscelthe debt of impoverished countries. These health professionals believe that 100 percent debt cancellation will allow debtor nationsto buildtobeginahealth infrastructure that could stem the tide of the AIDS pandemic. Many of the signers are from creditor nations that haveantbeento supporthesit debt relief. The issue will be discussed this Friday, October 1st, at a meeting of the G-7 in Washington, D.C. The lettered bywasPHR’sorganizHealth Action AIDS Campaign.

See the letter and signatories:

http://www.phrusa.org/campaigns/aids/debtrelief.html

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“Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day”: Not a Solution

The Department of Health and Human Services designated September 21 “Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day” in an attempt tourageenco minorities to “take charge of their health.” This initiative is a “non-solution,” say PHR Executive Director Leoneinardn Rubesenstarch

Fellow Gretchen Borchelt. In an article for the Center for American Progress website, they write that the underlyingthmessageBush initiativeof is “that minority individuals are lazy and ignorant about their health, and that the solution is motivation and educationtheadministration.”What ignores are “inequities in the health care system and its own inaction.”

Read the article on the Center for American Progress website:

http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=190264

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Upcoming Events

Speaking Tour: Three Israeli and Palestinian Doctors

Boston, Oct. 4 – 5

In a tour organized by the Jewish American Project, three Israeli and Palestinian doctors will be speaking in the Bostonthechallengesareaon in delivering health care in Israel, Gaza and the West Bank.

For more information see:

http://www.phrusa.org/healthrights/israeli-palestiniantour.html

Lessons Learned from the Balkan Conflicts

A Two-day Conference at Boston College, Oct. 16 - 17

This conference will look at what was learned from the wars in the Balkans and at viable concepts for reconstruction,tionreconciliaandlasting security. While focused on the former Yugoslavia, it will serve as a laboratory for those working in crisis areasofintheotherworld,parts specifically Afghanistan and Iraq.

For more information see:

http://www.balkandevelopment.org/lessonslearned

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