[afro-nets] Stories wanted: Global Health Consequences of the War on Terror

["Bridget Lloyd" <bridget@hst.org.za>]

Dear friends

Case studies and human interest stories on the Global Health Consequences of the War on Terror

The Global Health Watch provides an alternative assessment of the gross inequalities in health worldwide, "watches" the institutions of global health and development governance, and makes recommendations for new approaches to some of the most intractable health problems in the world today. 

We would like your assistance and input in writing and sourcing human interest stories written in a simple narrative style. Where it is not possible to integrate stories submitted within chapters, we will put them on the web site. We would like both positive and negative stories, successes and failures, etc.

The summary of the chapter on the "Global Health consequences of the War on Terror" is below. 

More information on GHW can be found on http://www.ghwatch.org/

Please submit case studies to mailto:ghw%40hst.org.za

Best wishes

Bridget


Global Health Consequences of the "War on Terror" - Chapter Overview

This proposed chapter for the 2007-2008 edition of Global Health Watch will extend the material on the impact of war on global heath that was in the 2005-2006 edition of Global Health Watch.  The initiation by the United States of a "war on terror" following the attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001 and the participation of other nations in this "war" has led to severe social, political, and health consequences.  

We are looking for case studies and human interest stories from developing and industrialized countries, that highlight the following: 

-          The social consequences of war including the denial of civil rights and the promulgation of a dysfunctional climate of fear. 
-          The political consequences including the election and appointment of leaders poorly qualified for their roles.  
-          The health consequences including interference with training of health personnel, diversion of resources needed for public health and for medical care and erection of barriers to service.  
-          Impact of war on the UN Millennium Development Goals, essential in protection of the worldwide right to health. This would include impact of war on the following:

Poverty and hunger; 
Universal primary education; 
Gender equality and empowerment of women; 
Child mortality; 
Maternal health; 
HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; 
Environmental sustainability; and 
Developing a global partnership for development.

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Bridget Lloyd
mailto:bridget@hst.org.za