[WSIS CS-Plenary] SV: [Pwd] Finalization of the CS Statement

[Kicki Nordström]

Dear Elisabeth,

Since I am more thann tired of reading this endless debate, and since I had much more important things to do in mid December, for instance coordinate the Article on Health in the disability convention, I have not devoted time for this discussion.

I can at least, for answering your repiteble question, say that mental health CARE is part of the primary health care system in Sweden. You must also differ health, from health care, which are two different things.

Hope this satisfy your question!
Yours
Kicki 


Kicki Nordström
World Blind Union
Immediate Past  President
c/o SRF Iris AB
122 88 Enskede
Sweden
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Skickat: den 19 december 2005 03:46
Till: bendrath at zedat.fu-berlin.de
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Ämne: [Pwd] Finalization of the CS Statement

Dear All

The drafting group has, from all of the posts and previous discussion, the information concerning the issue of physical and mental health and it will simply have to make a decision as to whether to:

1. support consistency with the previous CS Declaration, and language of other UN documents 2. support specificity for successful implementation and use language which governments recognize in the allocation of resources 3. recognize that physical and mental health is disconnected (as the Disability Caucus was unable to cite one country that has physical and mental health as seamless services of primary care) and therefore requires identification of both as part of the health section 4. base recommendations on the reality of the current status of physical and mental health as opposed to wishful thinking.
5.  recognize that mental health issues are broader and apply to the entire population and not only the disability community and therefore the broader context needs to be taken into consideration.
6. respect the expertise of working groups which relate directly to the substantive matter, especially when others cannot cite information to support their positions.

I would like to thank the members who are working on the finalization of the draft, as it is no easy task.  As the decision was to be made this evening, hopefully this will take place.

Best regards,

Elizabeth

Dr. Elizabeth Carll
Health and ICT Working Group
International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies; Communications Coordination Committee for the UN; UN NGO Committee on Mental Health




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