Guest guest Posted December 23, 2006 Report Share Posted December 23, 2006 The ANH launches its new website in the New Year Good news! This is quite possibly the last time you will receive an eBlast from the ANH in this antiquated format. Our new updated and upgraded website that we've been promising you for months will finally be launched before the end of January 2007 and we think that you will find it much changed for the better. A totally new look and feel that's a lot easier on the eye, with a full search function and plenty of graphics, plus many other benefits – we can hear the audible sighs of relief from many of you. A seasonal offer from the ANH and Integrated Health (formally The Alternative) Magazine Some of you in the UK might be aware that since the first quarter in 2006 The ANH has had a regular column in Integrated Health (formally named The Alternative) that alternates between Drs Rob Verkerk and Damien Downing. As a gesture of goodwill the team from Integrated Health have pleasure in giving ANH supporters, from anywhere in the world, a new FREE digital copy of the magazine! Just below for your free copy: http://www.nxtbook.com/dal/parkview/intergratedhealth/index.php If you have any comments on the magazine please let them know by emailing the Integrated Health team at emag. A call for help from New Zealand A critical issue in health freedom is developing in New Zealand which urgently needs your support. The New Zealand Health Trust are in the home straight of a very long marathon opposing the Trans-Tasman Harmonisation, where the risk is that you will see the innovative New Zealand industry dumbed down to the same level as the medicalised Australian one. They only have a very short window of a few weeks to have their influence felt one last time before the die is cast. The New Zealand media, much like the US , is very heavily funded by pharma advertising and as such is less sympathetic to the health freedom cause. One way they have found to get around this is to run and ad campaign with prominent messages in the national papers, but this takes money. This strategy has proved extremely beneficial, evident in the fact that the Government managed to get the numbers it needed for the " Therapeutic Products and Medicines Bill " to pass its first reading by 61 votes to 60! This is a very tense issue. The New Zealand Health Trust is asking for donations of at least £3, $6 US, €5 to the New Zealand Health Trust to help them fund their last run of advertising before the final vote. The count down is on – it's all over on 7th February 2007 – please let's all pull an oar and row this boat as one. Read on for a message from the New Zealand Health Trust: " Health Freedom fighters in many countries are doing what they can to raise the level of awareness about CODEX and what that means to health freedoms. Specifically they are trying to prevent governments passing legislation that will restrict access to natural health products and generally curtail health freedoms. New Zealanders are involved in the same battle with our government trying to get legislation passed that will `harmonise' our regulatory system with a draconian system already established in Australia. This legislation would see the establishment of a joint regulatory authority which would regulate national health products using a pharmaceutical model. Public opposition has so far swayed the minor parties until now and thus the government is not able to get the numbers in the house. There is however massive lobbying being undertaken from Australia and in New Zealand and we don't know how long the other political parties will continue to hold out. As soon as the government believes they have the `numbers they will go all out to pass the legislation. We have in mind a well coordinated nationwide media campaign involving advertising and PR. Such a campaign is capable of achieving what individuals and activist groups have not been able to do, achieving a critical mass of public support which will send a c lea r message to politicians. In our country elections can be won and lost on one issue and with the polls c lea rly indicating that health is most important issue for New Zealanders c lea rly there is a huge opportunity to influence public opinion. If we can win one battle we can win two. News travels and our success could become your success. With the support of our col lea gues from around the world we are confident that we can win. We are asking you to join us aboard one of the last `lifeboats' on the planet, in a world sinking under the burden of an unsustainable healthcare model based on diseasecare. By `pulling on an oar' in our lifeboat you can to help us implement our vision to have New Zealand lea d the world in healthcare a system where health means wellness. Our campaign is known as `Give Us 5 to bring the dream alive'. " For further information please visit: www.nzhealthtrust.co.nz and please send cheques/checks to Dave Sloan: The New Zealand Health Trust Box 34 - 057 Christchurch 8030 P +64 3 3519 807 F +64 3 3517 993 Email: info And finally.... 2006 has been an extremely busy and, at times, challenging year and we have no doubt that 2007 will see further expansion and impact of the ANH campaign as we move into the most critical phase of health freedom work the world has yet seen. The balance between pharmaceutically-dominated healthcare and one which is based on free choice and natural products is a very fine one. The pressure, we believe, required to push it the 'right' way is less than you might think. We are at the tipping point now, please help us in anyway you can to safeguard all of our futures. We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continuing support, donations and contributions throughout the year & #8722; without you we'd not be able to continue this work and we are sincerely grateful. We trust that you will all be having a break and wish you a healthy, peaceful and above all, joy-filled holiday season. We are looking forward to working with you again in 2007 and in the words of our colleagues from New Zealand , rowing this boat as `One'. Till 2007, in health as always The ANH Team DONATE NOW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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