PHA-Exch> Course on non-communicable diseases

[Claudio Schuftan]

According to the Noncommunicable Diseases Action Plan adopted by the World
Health Assembly in May 2008 “throughout the life course, inequities in
access to protection, exposure to risk, and access to care are the cause of
major inequalities in the occurrence and outcome of noncommunicable
diseases”. The Action Plan 2008-2013 aims to raise NCD higher on the global
development agenda and to address the social determinants of NCD.



As part of the implementation of the Action Plan, WHO is co-sponsoring a
residential course titled “*Reducing the Burden of NCD: Addressing the
Causes of the Causes” *to be held in Venice (Italy) from 7-12 June 2009. The
Course is organized by Padua University in collaboration with the* *Department
of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion (Geneva HQ), the European Office
for Investment for Health and Development of the WHO (Venice), the Local
Health Unit (ULSS 12-Venice), and the Veneto Region of Italy.



It will explore the evidence and the frameworks used to address the burden
of noncommunicable diseases through action on the social determinants of
health (e.g. urbanization, income, education, trade) and. the conventional
risk factors. (tobacco, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, harmful use of
alcohol). The course is intended for a maximum of 25 professionals working
in health- and health-related sectors with an interest in promoting equity
and reducing the burden of NCD. Participants will enhance their skills in
analyzing the determinants of NCD, in working across sectors, and in
promoting interventions to reduce the burden of NCD and health inequities.



Faculty members include professors and researchers from Padua University,
University College London (Great Britain), the University of East Anglia
(Great Britain), the Medical University of Graz (Austria), the University of
Beijing (China), the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (India), the
International Agency for Research on Cancer (France), WHO and other European
and extra-European academic and public institutions.





Contact   fli at ihd.euro.who.int



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         http://www.euro.who.int/socialdeterminants/news/20090305_1
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