PHA-Exch> Closing the Gap in a Generation - Live Webcast from London 6 - 7 November, 2008

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposed from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

  C*losing the Gap in a Generation Conference**
Health Equity through Action on the Social Determinants of Health*

*Live Webcast from London**
6 – 7 November, 2008*

*Hosted by the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt. Hon. Alan Johnson MP*,
the International Conference on the work of the WHO Commission on the Social
Determinants of Health will be webcast live from London.

Over 300 delegates from around the world, including ministers, leading
policy makers, representatives of international organisations, business and
civil society will gather in London to explore the recommendations made in
the Commission's report.

To hear the discussions as they happen and to watch presentations by leaders
in the field register now at www.csdhconference.org/countdown

The full programme and speaker biographies can be viewed at:
https://www.eventsforce.net/rslive/frontend/reg/thome.csp?pageID=9180&CSPCHDx=0000000000000&eventID=53&mode=preview&version=future&eventID=53

The conference will be streamed live in varying bandwidths so that they are
accessible to as wide a global audience as possible.  The event, along with
some key interviews, will also be available to view until February 2009.

The conference will run from 09:00 on *Thursday 6 November* until
17.00 on *Friday
7 November*.  It will be held at the *Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre,
Westminster, London SW1*.  There will also be a opening reception for
delegates at 18.00 on Wednesday 5 November to be held at the centre.

Please note the conference is *free of charge* to attend and the proceedings
will be in *English*.

*Aim *

The aim of the conference is to share learning from the CSDH report and
consider how these lessons can be applied to promote a social determinants
of health approach to reducing health inequalities.

*Objectives*

• to learn from the issues arising out of the CSDH final report
• to  share stakeholders  experiences in work to reduce health inequalities
• to build partnerships across government and other  agencies, research
institutions, civil society and the private sector to develop a social
determinants of health agenda.
• to consider how  to take forward the Commission's work , ensuring synergy
with the World Health Organization's process.

*Audience *

The audience will draw from across the world and will include: national
policy makers, leading experts and academics, representatives of
international agencies, representatives of non governmental agencies and
civil society and business leaders. Country partners that have supported the
work of the Commission over the last three years will be invited.

            *PROGRAM:
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https://www.eventsforce.net/rslive/frontend/reg/tOtherPage.csp?pageID=9308&CSPCHDx=0000000000000&ef_sel_menu=335&eventID=53&eventID=53
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