Community Health Cell (CHC) and People’s Health Movement, Karnataka (Jana Arogya Andolana, JAAK), with the support of several people’s organisations are working towards promoting pro-people policies on health by constantly engaging with governments both at the centre and state. During the general elections in India in April 2009, an effort was made to campaign for the National Health Act. CHC, the secretariat for JAAK has been facilitating the campaign for the Right to Primary Health Care in Karnataka. This effort is part of the ongoing process to bring people’s voices to the forefront towards advocating for the right to primary health care and to advocate for right to health as the fundamental right. The following is a detailed report of these efforts supported by Community Health Cell for building up and strengthening the JAAK in the last couple of months (August and September 2009).

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