Report of international meeting in Managua, December 1991 at which the IPHC was founded.
Full report here
This report summarises the discussion which took place during the meeting under the following headings:
- Situational analysis
- Obstacles to health and health care for all
- The harms done by ‘development’, debt, and structural adjustment
- The characteristics of a healthy society
- The struggle for health in the context of struggles for national liberation
- Contradictions and pitfalls common to progressive groups and movements
- Need for a new approach to confront the global situation in the 90s
- Future action: where do we go from here?
- Announcing a new global network: the International People’s Health Council
The conversation reported is remarkable for the depth of analysis, much of which applies accurately to the contemporary situation, but particularly for the exploration of ‘contradictions and pitfalls’ common to progressive groups and movements.