PHM-Exch> follow online next week's Global Conference on Health Promotion - Helsinki, Finland - Opens Monday 10 June

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


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8th GLOBAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROMOTION
Health in all policies - 10-14 June 2013, Helsinki, Finland



WHAT: The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion opens in Helsinki,
Finland on Monday 10 June 2013.


The conference is focused on the need to take account of health impacts in
all public policies, whatever sector they originate in, from the earliest
stages to mitigate health risks and improve people's health.

This approach is summarized as putting "Health in All Policies".

BACKGROUND: In a rapidly changing and interdependent world, many countries
are confronting the same challenges: ageing populations, rapid
urbanization, rising public expectations for health care, soaring costs,
and often widening gaps in income levels, opportunities, and health
outcomes.

Governments have increasingly come to realize that the best way to achieve
health, social, environmental and economic goals is by using synergies
across sectors - for example, health and transportation, agriculture,
education, employment and environment, to name a few.

In particular, the need for workable options in developing countries is
vital, in view of weak physical infrastructures, inadequate supply of clean
water and waste management, lack of social protection, over-emphasis on
economic development and weak regulation for environment and human
protection, as well as the limited capacity of health systems.

The conference uses concrete examples of country action to inform WHO
Member States on how to engage key players within and beyond the health
sector in a systematic way. The first ever practice-oriented guidance
(Framework for Country Action) on how to implement Health in All Policies
will be a product of the conference.


WHEN: Monday 10 June to Friday 14 June 2013



Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and
Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland will make welcoming remarks during the
opening ceremony at 09h00, local time, on 10 June.


For those following the conference from abroad:

Program at: http://goo.gl/Tw7Wn


*       Plenary sessions may be viewed as a live stream here:
http://goo.gl/k5Muy
*       Daily press briefings may also be viewed as a live stream here:
http://goo.gl/zdX0w
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