The World Health Organization and the Special Unit for South-South Cooperation of the United Nations Development Program are pleased to inform you that we are organizing the 2nd Global South-South Development Expo (GSSD Expo) in conjunction with the 6th Annual United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, to be held on 15-17 December 2009 in Washington DC. The Expo will exhibit initiatives that have made significant contributions to human development in the global South and that have provided solutions to address Climate Change, Food Security and Global Health that could be replicated, scaled up or adapted across developing countries.
The GSSD Expo is designed solely to enable developing countries and their development partners, including donor agencies, organizations of the United Nations system, the private sector and civil society organizations to systematically and regularly showcase their evidence-based South Development Solutions (SDSs). These solutions are deeply rooted in, and developed under historical, political, economic, social and geographical conditions specific to the SDS-originating countries.

Solutions Exchange: “Eyes on South-South Development Solutions” structured under the following headings:

* Food Security challenges and responses of the South in a time of crisis
Organizers: Special Unit/SSC, WFP/FAO/IFAD
* Venue: World Bank Main Complex, Washington DC
* Climate Challenges and responses of the South in a time of crisis
Organizers: Special Unit/SSC and UNEP/WB
Venue: World Bank Main Complex, Washington DC
* Global Health Challenges and responses of the South in a time of crisis.
Organizers: Special Unit/SSC and PAHO/WHO
Venue: Pan American Health Organization, Washington DC
Preliminary Agenda

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This course is an essential capacity building tool for public health personnel and other governmental officials, Ombudspersons, judges, legislators, human rights organizations, civil society organizations, universities, journalists, organizations of consumers and all stakeholders who are working on the promotion and protection of health.”

The course is divided in 3 modules:
Module 1: Relationships between health and human rights in the context of PAHO and WHO strategies;
Module 2: The right to health and other related human rights and fundamental freedoms;
Module 3: The human rights based approach as a transformative strategy of health systems

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