Citation

Health Promot. Int. 2014; 29(Suppl 1): i17-i18.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Oxford University Press)

DOI

10.1093/heapro/dau036

PMID

25217353

Abstract

The 8th Global Conference on Health Promotion was held in Helsinki, Finland from 10 to 14 June 2013. The meeting builds upon a rich heritage of ideas, actions and evidence originally inspired by the Alma Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care (1978) and the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986). These identified intersectoral action and healthy public policy as central elements for the promotion of health, the achievement of health equity and the realization of health as a human right. Subsequent WHO global health promotion conferences (Adelaide, 1988; Sundsvall, 1991; Jakarta, 1997; Mexico City, 2000; Bangkok, 2005; Nairobi, 2009) cemented key principles for health promotion action. These principles have been reinforced in the 2011 Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, the 2011 Political Declaration of the UN High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases and the 2012 Rio + 20 Outcome Document (the Future We Want). They are also reflected in many other WHO frameworks, strategies and resolutions, and contribute to the formulation of the post-2015 development goals.

Language: en