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Issue No.16, September 2015
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Dr. Abhijit Das 
Global Convener – COPASAH
Director – Centre for Health and Social Justice
Welcome to the 12th issue of the COPASAH Communique!
The month of September saw the formal adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) by the global community. For the next fifteen years, the 17 SDGs will set the global development agenda and its targets where the development indicators will constitute the milestones and roadmap towards sustainable development. There has been a considerable buzz around the SDGs, where many are quick to point out that unlike the Millennium Development Goal (MDG)s these have been developed through a much wider consultative process, with the full participation of the UN member states. This optimism is necessary, because many countries have not been completely successful in meeting their stated goals. This gap was particularly evident for the three health related goals. In the case of maternal health, only a small handful of countries were successful in achieving the health goals.
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Denial of Maternal Health Rights in Bidar, Karnataka
The Video testimony from village Shamboli of Bidar district in Karnataka outlines the tale of Neelambika, who died after giving birth to  her third child, due to lack of proper timely health care services during the delivery. View More
Empowering Citizens to Demand for their Health Rights
This film highlights how Uganda National Health User’s/Consumer’s Organization took initiatives to empower communities to negotiate for their health rights. 
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Community Based Monitoring in Bulgaria
The film showcases the results of community monitoring through ‘community inquiry’, including periodical consultation (twice in the year) with the local communities about the health services they receive. View More
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Social Accountability Initiative in Kenya:  Snapshot of HERAF’s Accountability Practice 
​The audio visual reflects upon the community monitoring based work of HERAF in Kenya. It orients initiatives of community monitoring by HERAF and different steps initiated as  training of community health workers, community monitors,  data collection, development of score cards and action planning.  View More
Impact of Malnutrition and Hunger in Raichur District of Karnataka
The Video testimony is from Raichur district,from the state of Karnataka, India, spells out the challenges of a family who has a severely malnourished child. The family with their meagre earnings have put all their resources towards the treatment of their child to ensure its survival. View More
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Denial of Maternal Health Rights in State Run Facilities in Jharkhand
In spite of a series of maternal health facilities and schemes listed out by the Indian Government, women refrain from getting deliveries conducted at the state run health facilitates due to   negative experiences  of abuse and neglect by health service providers,  seen with overcharging and out of pocket expenditure for services that are offered for free.  ​View More
Community Voice: Dalit Manual Scavengers and THAMATE’s Efforts for  the Rights of the Community ​
​The video testimony presents an overview of Manual Scavenger community in Karnataka, which is a Dalit community, where people of the community are considered as “untouchable” by the dominant castes.  ​. View More
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​COPASAH Steering Committee Members
The COPASAH Steering Committee (SC) includes representatives from each of the three geographical regions represented in the convening (Africa, India and Latin America) and a representative from AMHI. The SC is composed of the following members

Abhijit Das, Global Convener - COPASAH
Centre for Health and Social Justice (CHSJ), India

Abhay Shukla, Member (South Asia)
Support for Advocacy and Training to Health Initiatives (SATHI), India

Ariel Frisancho Arroyo, Member ( Latin America)
CARE, Peru

Renu Khanna, Member (South Asia)
Founder Member, SAHAJ Society for Health Alternatives, Baroda

Robinah Kaitiritimba, Member (East Southern Africa)
National Health Users/Consumers Organization (UNHCO), Uganda

Walter Flores, Member (Latin America) and Ex-Global Convener
Centro de Estudios para la Equidad y Gobernanza en los Sistemas de
Salud-CEGSS (Center for the Study of Equity and Governance in
Health Systems) (CEGSS), Guatemala

Dhananjay Kakade, (Ex-officio - Special Invitee)
Open Society Foundations
COPASAH Steering Committee Associate Members
​Gulbaz Ali Khan
CESSD, Pakistan

Borjan Pavlovski
ESE, Macedonia

Deyan Kolev
Amalipe, Bulgaria
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Samia Afrin
Naripokkho, Bangladesh
​Editorial Team
​Abhijit Das - Global Convener COPASAH

E. Premdas Pinto - COPASAHGlobal
Secretariat Coordinator

Renu Khanna - SAHAJ, India

Walter Flores - CEGSS, Guatemala

Opio Geoffrey Atim - GOAL, Uganda

Sambit Mohanty & Surekha Dhaleta
– COPASAH Communication Hub
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Lavanya Devdas - COPASAH Communiqué Technical Associate
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Published by Centre for Health and Social Justice
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