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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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="maroon"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">New tool on Social Determinants of Health now available<br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB">ACTION:SDH</span></font></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"> at:</span></font><span lang="EN-GB"> </span></b><b><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold" lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://bit.ly/rBjlT9" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/rBjlT9</span></font></a></span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"> </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">. </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">This tool is
being brought to the public health community by the World Health Organization
with the aim of providing public health, and other practitioners on the social
determinants of health, with a one-stop portal. <br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">ACTION:SDH
houses knowledge on the social determinants according to the five social
determinants of health action areas identified in the World Conference on
Social Determinants of Health in October 2011. <br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">It also
provides a platform for discussion of action on the social determinants of
health. We invite all in the social determinants of health community to
register on ACTION:SDH. We are also actively seeking partners interested in
collaborating in building up the tool, together with its users (contact: </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><a href="mailto:actionsdh@who.int" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:black" lang="EN-GB">actionsdh@who.int</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">).</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">There are
currently three main features to the tool, which we hope to develop jointly
with you, and other partners within and beyond WHO:</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in"><u></u><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><span><font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font>i.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">embedded web-pages pages on SDH knowledge relevant to the five
action areas for SDH that were identified in the Rio Declaration;</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">discussion forums that can be used to share tacit knowledge from
practice - either by invitation only, or open to all members; </span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black"><u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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</span></font>iii.<font face="Times New Roman" size="1"><span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></font></span></span></font><u></u><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">a document repository that initially is housing selected WHO
materials on SDH - documents are classified as Examples (case studies), Tools
& Resources, and E-library.</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black" lang="EN-GB">Other
standard website features also exist, such as an area for advertising upcoming
training (Campus) and upcoming meetings (Events).</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2" color="navy"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy" lang="EN-GB"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">WHO website: <a href="http://bit.ly/u7YMza" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/u7YMza</span></font></a>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="1" color="black"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black">Dr Rüdiger Krech Director,
Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights <br>
World Health </span></font><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Organization WHO<br>
<font color="black"><span style="color:black">Geneva</span></font><font color="black"><span style="color:black"> Switzerland</span></font> </span></font><br></p></div></div></div><br>