Voices of the Earth: From Savar to Cuenca

About the Book

The People’s Health Assembly in Cuenca was a tremendous experience for health activists and workers, and for all who fight for social justice and development.  It built on the first PHA in Bangladesh, and marked another milestone for the social movements fighting for the health rights of the world’s people.

This book, written and conceptualized by María Hamlin Zúniga and Arturo Quizhpe Peralta, captures the spirit and the wonderful activities of those days in Cuenca.


About the Author

María Hamlin Zúniga founded and for several years ran the Centre for Health Information and Advisory Services (CISAS) in Nicaragua, and is one of the founders of the Guatemalan Association of Community Health Services (ASECSA).  She is the global coordinator of the International People’s Health Council and a member of the Steering Committee of the People’s Health Movement.

Arturo Quizhpe Peralta is an Ecuadorian physician, professor of paediatrics and former dean of the Faculty of Medical Sciences of the University of Cuenca, Ecuador.  He is the South American regional coordinator of the International People’s Health Council, general coordinator of the Second People’s Health Assembly and member of the Steering Committee of the People’s Health Movement.


Contents

1. From Savar to Cuenca

2. Healing the Planet

3. Hope and Alegremia

4. Stories and Testimonies

5. SensoPonderings

6. SensoPonderings with Alegremia

7. EarthArts

8. ComunicandoNos

9. Science with a Conscience

10. Global Health Action: The Cuenca Declaration