PHM-Exch> Addis Ababa Declaration - A call on Global Health Equity

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


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*The World Federation of Public Health Associations (WFPHA) -** Addis
AbabaDeclaration

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At the conclusion of the 13th World Congress on Public Health, held 22 – 27
April 2012 in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia),
the WFPHA issued the:

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*Addis Ababa Declaration, a call on Global Health Equity*

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*…….a call to act on closing some of the critical gaps in global health and
well-being…….*

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*Available online at: http://bit.ly/JMP6oS

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“…….This includes working across sectors and disciplines and in true
partnership with communities to:****

1. Promote and attain social justice and equity in health by acting through
a ‘Social Determinants of Health’ approach;****

2. Accelerate the attainment of national and international development
goals by building and redistributing resources to strengthen international,
national and local capacity and leadership in public health;****

3. Ensure that better context-specific, comprehensive and equitable targets
covering universal health coverage and health for all are integrated into
and made more visible within the MDGs as soon as possible;****

4. Enhance and strengthen, both numerically and in capability, the public
health workforce, in addition to developing new and effective strategies to
retain qualified health professionals;****

5. Combat fraud and corruption, as these are major determinants of health
that affect all, but especially the poor and vulnerable;****

6. Recognize physical and mental disabilities and injury prevention as
critical components of a public health approach to health equity; and,****

7. Fulfill their financial pledges in respect of the MDGs and to, in
addition, fulfill their pledges with respect to the Paris Declaration and
to the political declarations on Non-Communicable Diseases and the Social
Determinants of Health……”

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An article about the 13th World Congress on Public Health and the Addis
Abab Declaration appeared in the April 30 issue of the Huffington Post.
*"Please mind the gap..."
*by Dr. Peter Byass, Professor of Global Health and Director of the
**Umea**Centre for Global Health Research (
****Sweden****).
Available a: http://huff.to/Je2LrC

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