HSCNews International 2003
Health and Social Campaigners' News International is a unique, monthly service designed to give the 4,000 members of the Health and Social Campaigners' Network practical information about the policies and activities of patient and disability groups worldwide.
HSCNews International is available on subscription to members of the public who may not qualify for membership of the HSCNetwork International but who are interested in reading about health and social campaigners.
Issues of HSCNews International contain:
· Independent and balanced analysis of health advocacy worldwide ( HSCNews concentrates on what advocates and their groups are thinking, what they are doing, and what they plan to do).
· A focus on topics at the top of the agenda of patient, disability and carers' groups.
· Interviews on policy and strategy matters with leading campaigners.
· Summary results of in-house surveys. (These simple surveys are conducted among the databank established during the setting up of the HSCNetwork, which includes 70,000 health advocacy representatives and patients from around the globe. The surveys enable health and disability campaigners to express their views on subjects of importance to them, and results are published in HSCNews International.)
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| Issue 2, HSCNews International (December 2003)
Global news: Making medicines affordable to all
Campaigners for affordable medicines scored huge successes against governments and pharmaceutical companies worldwide in 2003. Some groups wield budgets of billions of dollars. New targets seem likely in 2004.
41 pages; over 100 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
Global news: Men's health and the new campaigners
The men's health movement has diversified beyond issues of sexual health, and is growing in importance worldwide.
12 pages; 19 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
Interview article: The Men's Health Forum – a model for campaigning groups?
Interview with Dr Ian Banks, Chief Executive of the UK group, the Men's Health Forum. The group is expanding, widening its range of funding, and helping brother organisations overseas.
7 pages; 11 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
Members' news
News from No Panic [UK]; the Cystic Fibrosis Trust [UK]; and the Quebec Association for Postsecondary Students with Disabilities [Canada].
New websites
The websites of the International Alliance of Patients' Organizations [UK/Netherlands/International]; the European Federation of Neurological Associations [Italy/International]; and Tourette Scotland [UK]. |
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| Issue 1, HSCNews International (November 2003)
Global news: Legal rights for people with a disability
Disability groups worldwide are campaigning for human rights for people with a disability.
26 pages; approx 75 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
Global news: Stem cell research
Stem cell research is splitting the world of patient advocacy.
13 pages; approx 42 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
Global news: Direct-to-consumer medicines advertising
Campaigners on either side of the DTC issue in the US, Canada and New Zealand.
8 pages; approx 21 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
European news: New European patient umbrella organisations
The creation of new overarching patient umbrella groups: the European Patients' Forum (EPF); the European Cancer Patient Coalition (ECPC); and Europa Uomo.
8 pages; approx 33 weblinks to patient, disability and related groups.
New research A survey by the Arthritis and Musculoskeletal Alliance (ARMA) [UK].
Members' news
News from the Bloedlink Foundation [Netherlands]; Hepatitis Foreningen [Denmark]; and Mamazone [Germany].
New publications
Exploring Advocacy, published by the National Disability Authority, Dublin, Ireland. |
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cover of HSCNews, issue 2
cover of HSCNews, issue 1
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