 | Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (JSA)National Health Rights Convention 11th and 12th December, 2025 Jawahar Bhavan, New Delhi |
PROGRAMME SCHEDULE
DAY 1: 11th DECEMBER
| Time | Session | Facilitators |
| 9:00 – 10.00 am | Breakfast and Registration | |
10.00 am –10:30 am | Brief Welcome, Opening Songs and Cultural Presentations: BGVS & other cultural groups | Richa Chintan |
10.30 am – 1 pm | OPENING PLENARY: Abhay Shukla (JSA): Introducing the Convention Nikhil Dey, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) Madhumita Banerjee, ASHA Workers’ Federation Rama Baru, Ex-Professor, JNU Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) Jean Dreze, Noted Economist and Right to Food Campaign | Moderators: Maimoona and Richa Chintan |
| 1 pm – 2 pm | Lunch | |
2 – 5:30 pm: PARALLEL THEMATIC SESSIONS
| Time | Venue– 1 | Venue – 2 |
|---|---|---|
2 pm – 3.30 pm | PS 1: Strengthening public health systems and Right to health Chair: T. Sundararaman Co-Panelists: Ameerkhan: People’s Health Assembly, Tamil Nadu Chhaya: Rajasthan Right to Health Experience Mubarak Sani: Kerala’s Experience of strengthening public health system Chandrakant Lahariya: Making and unmaking of primary healthcare initiatives of Indian states: A case study of Mohalla Clinics of Delhi Pramod Tiwari: Uttarakhand’s mass movement experience of strengthening public health system | PS 2: Healthcare financing, insurance, Out-of-Pocket spending Chair: Fuad Halim Co-Panelists: Ravi Duggal: Public spending on Health Rema Nagarajan: Declining Union Health Budget and Implications of Health Cess Indranil: The myth of OOP decline Richa: GFHIs and chimera of financial protection Sunita: Grassroots budget advocacy Voices from the field: Ranju Singh (Uttar Pradesh) and Ajay Patel (Madhya Pradesh) |
| 3.30 to 4 pm | Tea Break | |
4 pm – 5.30 pm | PS 3: Opposition to privatization of public health services and critique of PPPs Chair: Bijoya Roy Opening remarks: Indira Co-Panelists: Shweta (Maharashtra) Shubham (Mumbai) Mitranshu (Gujarat) Asim Sarkar (Jharkhand) Bhogesh Sholapur (Karnataka) Kameshwar (AP) Sucharita (AIFAP) Facilitator: Prasanna | PS 4: Gender and social justice in health Chair: Maimoona Mollah Co-Panelists: Shanthi – Health of Women workers and Labour codes Meera Sanghamitra – LGBTQIA+ and health rights Aysha – Disability and health rights Devaki Nambiar – Ageing and Health – menopause, hysterectomies and other health issues of older people Shakeel-ur-Rahman – Discrimination in health and nutrition services Testimonies: Bharati Kushwaha (ASHA worker) and others |
DIALOGUE WITH MPs & POLITICAL PARTIES
| Time | Session | Facilitators |
| 5:30 – 6:00 pm | Tea Break | |
6 pm – 8 pm | Dialogue with Members of Parliament: Taking endorsements on Call to Action Sharing JSA Resolution: T Sundararaman Speakers: Shashikant Senthil, MP, Lok Sabha, INC Amra Ram, MP- Lok Sabha, CPI(M) Raja Ram Singh- MP Lok Sabha, CPI (ML) Pradyut Bordoloi, MP Lok Sabha, INC Sandhosh Kumar, MP Rajya Sabha, CPI Manoj Jha, MP, Rajya Sabha, RJD (TBC) Kanimozhi NVN Somu, MP Rajya Sabha, DMK Sachithanantham, MP Lok Sabha, CPI(M) | Chair: Dipa Sinha Moderator: Chhaya |
| Play by Delhi Young Artist’s Forum (DYAF) | Sadre Alam | |
| 8:30 pm – 9:30 pm | Dinner | |
DAY 2: 12th DECEMBER
9:30 am to 1 pm: THEMATIC SESSIONS
| Time | Venue– 1 | Venue – 2 |
|---|---|---|
9.30 to 11 am | PS 5: Regulation of Private Healthcare Introduction: Prasanna Patients’ rights violations testimonies – Shishir Chand and Himanshu Legal regulations – Shivangi Rai / Suraj Sanap Patients’ rights charter – Khader Meeran Role of not-for-profit sector – Abhijit Sangma Patients’ rights campaigns in Maharashtra – Vinod Shende JSA Supreme court PIL – Abhay Shukla | PS 6: Ensure Medicines for All Moderation: Jyotsna Singh Shantanu Mitra: Drug Pricing Chhaya Pachauli/Rameshwar: Free Medicines Biswajit Dhar: Production capacity and Role of PSUs in drug manufacturing Representatives of Patient groups – SMA, DNP+, GCTA |
| 11 – 11:30 am: Tea Break | ||
11.30 am to 1 pm | PS 7: Justice for Health workers Chair: R. S. Dahiya Moderator: Satnam Co-Panelists: Tamonash Chaudhury, Abhaya Manch Gulam Rabbani, Nurses Union Sunita-Asha Workers Federation Devandand Sharma- DBC Union Hospital Workers’ Union Health workers charter by Pratap, CHO association and Jan Arogya Abhiyan | PS 8: Social determinants of health: Action for Health and Nutrition in the Context of the Environment and Climate Crisis Chair: Suhas Kohlekar, NAPM Moderator: Raman VR, PHRN Co-Panelists: Soumya Dutta (SAPACC & NACEJ) – Health in the National and Global Discourses on Climate Crisis and Health challenges faced by coastal populations and workers- Rajib Dasgupta, CSMCH, JNU – Heatwaves, Water-Sanitation, and Health D Raghunandan, DSF/ AIPSN – Heat Waves & Air Pollution- Ground Realities: Shaikh Ghulam Rasool, Environmental Campaign, J&K – Environmental Crisis, Disasters and Health Challenges, in the Context of Hill Regions Dipa Sinha, Right to Food Campaign – Food and Nutrition Systems in a Climate-challenged World Testimonies on Health challenges during heat waves and air pollution: Dr Brajesh Sharma/Dr Ajay Chauhan, and a few ground level testimonies |
| 1-2 PM | Lunch | |
| Time | Session | Facilitators |
2 pm – 4 pm | CONCLUDING PLENARY: Launch of Global Health Watch 7 Release of Web series by BGVS Himachal Team on Drug Abuse Presentation on action points emerging from sessions by moderators (3mins each) ACTION AGENDA: Remarks from Leaders of co-organizers networks (5 min each) Asha Misra- AIPSN; Meera Sanghamitra- NAPM; Aysha- Right to Food Campaign; Maimoona- AIDWA; Bezawada Wilson- Safai Karmachari Andolan Koninika- NFIW; Loon- DNP+ Murali- National Platform for Rights of the Disabled (NPRD), Sucharita- AIFAP OP Bhuraita- BGVS Closing Song / Cultural Presentation | Moderators: Indranil & Sunita Singh |
| 4 pm – 5 pm | Media Briefing: | Jyotsna Singh |
| 5 – 7.30 pm | JSA NCC meeting – Jawahar Bhavan hall |
Note: The Convention includes 8 participative parallel sessions on important themes of public health; 4 sessions on Day-1 (post-lunch) and 4 sessions on Day 2 (pre-lunch)