PHA-Exch> Canada: Conference on International Health: Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility

[Claudio Schuftan]

*Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility

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*16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health*

*October 25th - 28th, 2009, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Website: http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/overview.asp

Program: http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/program.asp

The 2009 Canadian Conference on International Health (CCIH) will examine
inequities of health status, and the impact on the health of marginalized,
vulnerable and Indigenous populations of changing environments, whether
these changes are due to climate, technology, the economy or threats to
human security.

*Deadline: The Call for Abstracts for Papers and Posters will be*: *Monday,
May 11, 2009

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Anticipated outcomes of the conference will be:

        1  evidence of  improvements in social determinants and their
impacts on health and social outcomes
2  evidence of  the impact of environmental technological and economic
change on health equity
3  consideration of the need for a  paradigm shift in intersectoral policy
and practice, locally, nationally and internationally
4  a summary of the current thought and discourse on Canada’s
responsibility,
    in Canada and globally, for health equity and social justice (addressing
our original 1948 commitment), and proposed ways forward.

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THEME AREAS *(Note: Global, National and Local experiences will be welcome
on each day)

*Day 1: Ethics and Responsibility, Economics and Social Determinants*

§         Economics: Achieving the MDGs: Hope or Despair

§         Ethics: Partnerships and Capacity

§         Social Determinants of Health: Evidence, Achievements and
Challenges

§         Searching for Social Justice: Achievements and Challenges

 *Day 2: Global Health Diplomacy (GHD)*

§         Social reform, responsibility, accountability:

§         Global Health Diplomacy and the G8

§         Diplomacy and Ethical Aid

§         Responsible Health Security: Ethics and Reality

§         Health in all policies: The Role of Global Health Diplomacy

§         Role of academe/ the role of civil society  in Global Health
Diplomacy: Training and capacity building and action

§         Indigenous participation and perspectives

*Day 3:  Social Determinants of Health: Think Globally, Act Locally***

§         Rolling out the MDGs

§         Implementing the Social Determinants of Health: What’s Working

§         Advocacy and Social Determinants of Health: Does It Work?

§         Sustainable Environments in the Context of Global Change

§         Social Determinants of Health and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence
and Action

§         Indigenous World Views and Contribution to Social Determinants of
Health
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