<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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<h1 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="4" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon">World Conference on
Social Determinants of Health <br>
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<h1 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span lang="PT-BR" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil<br>
19-21 October 2011<br>
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<h1 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:normal">Website:
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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:normal">Conference
Programme Tentative outline: <a href="http://bit.ly/i4VYMC" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/i4VYMC</span></font></a> </span></font></b></h3>
<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><u><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:13.5pt"><br>
</span></font></u></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:normal">The
aim of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health is to bring Member States
and other actors together to catalyze high level political support for national
policies to address social determinants of health to reduce health inequities.
Its specific objectives are to: </span></font></h3>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">strengthen
political commitment by Member States to develop and implement national
policies on social determinants of health to reduce health inequities;</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">share
experiences, challenges and technical knowledge on addressing social
determinants of health, taking into account the need for strengthening
governance arrangements and learning from different contexts. <br>
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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Conference participation
and outcome - The 'Rio Declaration'<br>
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</span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The Conference will serve
as a catalyst for the coordination of efforts by national governments,
international agencies, academic institutions and civil society organizations
in the fight against health inequities. 800 participants are expected,
including delegates from health and other sectors, Civil society organizations,
academics, the private sector and representatives from WHO and other UN and
international agencies. Participation will be by invitation only. </span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Participating Member
States will be requested to approve the Rio Declaration that will express the
global political commitment to implement action on the social determinants of
health.<br>
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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Conference themes</span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The main themes that will
be tackled during the conference are: </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Governance
to tackle the root causes of health inequities: implementing intersectoral
action and Health in All Policies.</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Health
systems as a social determinant: the role of the health sector, including
services and public health programmes, in improving health inequities.</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Monitoring
progress: measurement and analysis of health inequities and policies to address
social determinants.</span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Promoting
participation: community leadership for action on social determinants. </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Action
on social determinants to achieve global priorities and the role of global
partners.<br>
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<h3 style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Conference preparatory
process</span></font></b></h3>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:2.25pt;margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">While the Conference is
by invitation only, the preparations are designed to be consultative and
participatory in nature. Member States, civil society, academia and other
stakeholders are invited to keenly participate in the various processes and
bring their perspectives and experiences to the fore. Two tracks for engagement
are currently available: </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">the
development of the technical paper which will inform the discussions during the
conference on the five themes by providing an overview of concepts, strategies
and tools. Comments will be sought through the drafting of this paper,
including a period of public consultation on the first draft. </span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">the
identification of appropriate country examples that highlight lessons learned
in implementing the principles of addressing inequities through the social
determinants of health. Selected country examples will be presented and
analyzed and will form the key substantive basis for outlining the way forward.
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Both processes above will
feed into the conference outcome document the 'Rio Declaration'<br>
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