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="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Global Conference on Health Promotion 2013<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion (8GCHP) - <u></u><u></u>Helsinki<u></u>, <u></u>Finland<u></u><u></u>,
June 10-14 2013<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" 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 Ministry of Social Affairs and Health of Finland<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Website:
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<a href="http://www.stm.fi/en/ministry/international_cooperation/who/healthpromotion2013" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://www.stm.fi/en/ministry/international_cooperation/who/healthpromotion2013</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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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Linked to<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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 color="black" face="MS Mincho"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"MS Mincho"" lang="JA">■</span></font><font color="black" 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"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">To
support the preparations for the Conference, WHO and the Ministry of Social
Affairs and Health of Finland are seeking partners for collaboration who have
an interest in health and its promotion and/or in related critical issues for
health such as education, environment, employment, agriculture, transportation,
housing, trade, finance, and foreign and development policy. <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Partners
with practical implementation experience on intersectoral action for health
will have the opportunity to collaborate in organizing a landmark event that
aims to develop concrete guidance on what works to promote health through
public policies.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Further
information<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">Ministerial
Adviser Outi Kuivasniemi, tel. <a href="tel:%2B358%209%20160%2073230" value="+358916073230" target="_blank">+358 9 160 73230</a>, <a href="mailto:forename.surname@stm.fi" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>forename.surname@stm.fi</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="PT-BR">Ministerial Adviser Eeva Ollila, tel. </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial"><a href="tel:%2B358%209%20160%2074032" value="+358916074032" target="_blank">+358 9 160 74032</a>, <a href="mailto:forename.surname@stm.fi" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>forename.surname@stm.fi</span></font></a></span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>

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