SUCCESS AND CHALLENGES IN ACHIEVING THE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS (MDGs)
13th World Congress on Public Health
WFPHA’s Addis Ababa Declaration
At the conclusion of the 13th World Congress on Public Health, held 22 –
27 April 2012 in Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), the WFPHA issued the Addis Ababa
Declaration, a call on Global Health Equity.
13th World Congress reported in Huffington
Post
An article about the 13th World Congress on Public
Health and the Addis Abab Declaration appeared in the April 30 issue of the
Huffington Post. It was authored by Dr. Peter Byass, Professor of
Global Health and Director of the Umea Centre for Global Health Research
(Sweden).To read the article, click here.
Gabriel Scally on the 13th World Congress on Public Health
To read his blogs on the 13th World Congress on Public Health, click here and here.
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Rio Declarations
The Rio Political Declaration
on Social Determinants of Health expresses global political commitment
for the implementation of a social determinants of health approach to
reduce health inequities and to achieve other global priorities. It will
help to build momentum within WHO Member States for the development of
dedicated national action plans and strategies.
Read more … Rio Declarations
World No Tobacco Day 2012
This year’s
campaign focuses on the need to expose and counter the tobacco industry's
brazen and increasingly aggressive attempts to undermine the WHO Framework
Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) because of the serious danger it poses
to public health. For more information, click here.
Read more … World No Tobacco Day 2012
Main global health agenda items & Main expectations survey
The results of the WFPHA Survey on Main global health agenda items & expectations from the WFPHA and of the Health Policy Pilot Study are available here.
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