<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<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>
Date: Fri, May 3, 2013 at 1:43 AM<br>Subject: [EQ] WHO Social determinants of health - Report by the Secretariat - World Health Assembly 20-28 May 2013<br>To: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>
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WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A66/15<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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agenda item 14.3<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke;font-weight:bold">Social determinants of health <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;background:whitesmoke">Report by the
Secretariat at: <a href="http://bit.ly/11YR8ew" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/11YR8ew</span></font></a> <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;background:whitesmoke;font-weight:bold">SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH IN THE
ASSESSMENT OF GLOBAL NEEDS FOR HEALTH <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">“…..
Following the close attention given by WHO’s governing bodies to the
important role played by social determinants of health in global health,
especially in relation to the WHO reform process and the Organization’s
future activities, further review and consultation have taken place. <br>
Tackling social determinants of health is recognized as being both a
fundamental approach to the work of the Organization and a priority area of
work in itself in the draft twelfth WHO general programme of work
2014–2019, which has been discussed by the regional committees before its
further consideration by Executive Board and the Health Assembly…..”<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Documents on the Assembly <br>
20-28 May 2013</span></b></span> at: <a href="http://bit.ly/18vxV56" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/18vxV56</span></font></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/10<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;background:whitesmoke">Draft
comprehensive mental health action plan 2013–2020<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/11<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;background:whitesmoke">Draft action
plan for the prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment
2014–2019<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;background:whitesmoke">Towards
universal eye health: a global action plan 2014–2019<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/12<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;background:whitesmoke">Disability<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/14<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;background:whitesmoke">Follow-up
actions to recommendations of the high-level commissions convened to advance
women’s and children’s health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/15<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;background:whitesmoke">Social
determinants of health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/16<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;background:whitesmoke">Implementation
of the International Health Regulations (2005)<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/17<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;background:whitesmoke">Pandemic
influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and
other benefits<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;background:whitesmoke">Pandemic
Influenza Preparedness Framework 2013 biennial report<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/18<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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intensification of the global eradication initiative<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/19<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;background:whitesmoke">Global vaccine
action plan<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/20<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;background:whitesmoke">Neglected
tropical diseases<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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control, elimination and eradication<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;background:whitesmoke">A66/21<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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the report of the Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and
Development: Financing and Coordination<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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health coverage<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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workforce: advances in responding to shortages and migration, and in preparing
for emerging needs<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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reports Report by the Secretariat<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>

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