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 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="4"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013<br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The conference is
co-organized by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the <br>
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="FR">Concept note: </span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="http://bit.ly/IMWMtw" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext" lang="FR">http://bit.ly/IMWMtw</span></font></a></span></font><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <span lang="FR"><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Conference will assess
achievements and aims for health promotion globally from <u></u>Ottawa<u></u>
to <u></u><u></u>Nairobi<u></u><u></u>. It
aims to address what works and how, identifying options for action, available
processes, mechanisms and tools.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To implement the intersectoral action
for health and health in all policies approaches at the country level<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To exchange experiences in
implementing Health in All Policies including the identification of effective
tools and other prerequisites for country action<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To highlight the value of health
promotion activities for health, their relevance for overall societal
development and for development policies<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To inform about economic aspects of
health promotion<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To highlight the important role of
primary health care in health promotion<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-To review progress, impact and
achievements of health promotion since the Ottawa Conference<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Linked to<u></u><u></u></span></b></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-Sustainability of health systems<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-Implementation of recommendations
on social determinants for health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-UN General Assembly High-level
Meeting on the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-Review of the Millennium
Development Goals<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">-Sustainable development agenda<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Conference expected
outcomes<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">1. An evidence/expert opinion based
"tool kit" for implementing <i><span style="font-style:italic">Health
in All Policies</span></i>  HiAP<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2. Key areas of institutional
capacity for HiAP identified and acknowledged at all levels of governance<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">3. Increased understanding,
commitment, and implementation of HiAP <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">4. Conference Statement, WHA
resolution, World Health Report on <i><span style="font-style:italic">Health in
All Policies<br>
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