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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">Comments welcome by</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><b></b></span><span lang="en-gb"><b> <font size="2" face="Arial">Friday 3 June 2011</font></b></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">Conference website:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.who.int/sdhconference" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><u></u><u><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">www.who.int/sdhconference</font></u></span></a></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="fr"></span><span lang="fr"><font size="2" face="Arial">Consultation page:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><u></u></span><u><span lang="fr"></span></u><u><span lang="fr"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation</font></span></u><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="fr"></span></p>
<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">Draft technical paper:</font></span><span lang="en-gb"> </span><a href="http://www.who.int/sdhconference/consultation/draft_WCSDH_Technical_Paper.pdf" target="_blank"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><u></u></span><u><span lang="en-us"></span></u><u><span lang="en-us"><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">http</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">://</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">www</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">.</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">who</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">.</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">int</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">/</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">sdhconference</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">/</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">consultation</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">/</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">draft</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">_</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">WCSDH</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">_</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Technical</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">_</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Paper</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">.</font><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">pdf</font></span></u><span lang="en-gb"></span></a><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">T</font><font size="2" face="Arial">he World Conf</font><font size="2" face="Arial">erence on Social D</font><font size="2" face="Arial">eterminants of Health (WCSDH) is being convened by WHO and kindly hosted and supported by</font> <font size="2" face="Arial">the Government of the Federative Repu</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">b</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">lic of Brazil.</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> The World Conference will take place in</font> <font size="2" face="Arial">Rio de Janeiro from 19 to 21 October 2011.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">WHO is currently undertaking a public consultation on the current draft of the Technical Paper for the Conference to elicit comments and feedback. The Technical Paper aims to provide policy-makers with an overv</font><font size="2" face="Arial">iew of key strategies to implement action on social determinants of health to reduce health inequities and contribute to broader development, organized by the five Conference themes. The final version of this paper will inform discussions at the Conferenc</font><font size="2" face="Arial">e</font><font size="2" face="Arial">. Comments on this current draft are welcome by</font></span><span lang="en-gb"><b></b></span><span lang="en-gb"><b> <font size="2" face="Arial">Friday 3 June 2011</font></b></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial"> and can be submitted at the Consultation web</font><font size="2" face="Arial"></font> <font size="2" face="Arial">page above</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">.</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">In particular, comments are sought on whether the draft fulfils its aims to inform the five themes of the Conference, and whether any major strategies for implementation of action on soci</font><font size="2" face="Arial">al determinants have been omitted.</font></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">The main themes that will be tackled during the Conference are: </font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Symbol">·<font face="Courier New"> </font></font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font size="2" face="Arial">Governance to tackle the root causes of health inequities: implementing action on social determinants of health</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Symbol">·<font face="Courier New"> </font></font></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font size="2" face="Arial">The role of the health sector</font><font size="2" face="Arial">, i</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">n</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">cluding</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> public health programmes,</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> in reducing health i</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">n</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">equities</font></span></p>
<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Symbol">·<font face="Courier New"> </font></font></span><span lang="en-gb"> <font size="2" face="Arial">Promoting participation: community leadership for action on social d</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">e</font></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"><font size="2" face="Arial">terminants </font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-gb"></span><span lang="en-us"></span><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">The</font><font size="2" face="Arial"> aim of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health is to bring</font> <font size="2" face="Arial">Member</font> <font size="2" face="Arial">States a</font><font size="2" face="Arial">nd 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: </font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Symbol">·<font face="Courier New"> </font></font></span><span lang="en-us"> <font size="2" face="Arial">share experiences, challenges and technical knowledge on addressing social determinants of health, taking into account the need for strengthening governance arrang</font><font size="2" face="Arial">ements and learning from different contexts</font><font size="2" face="Arial">. </font></span></p>
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<p dir="LTR" align="JUSTIFY"><span lang="en-us"><font size="2" face="Arial">For further information, please see the Conference website and Consultation page.</font></span></p>
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