Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility
16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health
Sunday, October 25th to Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Website: http://www.csih.org/en/ccih/index.asp
The Conference will examine inequities of health status, and the impact on the health of marginalized, vulnerable and Indigenous populations of changing environments, whether these changes are due to climate, technology, the economy or threats to human security.
Presentations exploring lessons learned and new ways of understanding health equity and social justice locally, nationally and globally are invited.
The Call for Abstracts for Papers and Posters will be open on February 25, 2009.
Anticipated outcomes of the conference will be:
1. evidence of improvements in social determinants and their impacts on health and social outcomes
2. evidence of the impact of environmental technological and economic change on health equity
3. consideration of the need for a paradigm shift in intersectoral policy and practice, locally, nationally and internationally
4. a summary of the current thought and discourse on
(addressing our original 1948 commitment), and proposed ways forward.
THEME AREAS (Note: Global, National and Local experiences will be welcome on each day)
Day 1: Ethics and Responsibility, Economics and Social Determinants
§ Economics: Achieving the MDGs: Hope or Despair
§ Ethics: Partnerships and Capacity
§ Social Determinants of Health: Evidence, Achievements and Challenges
§ Searching for Social Justice: Achievements and Challenges
Day 2: Global Health Diplomacy (GHD)
§ Social reform, responsibility, accountability:
§ Global Health Diplomacy and the G8
§ Diplomacy and Ethical Aid
§ Responsible Health Security: Ethics and Reality
§ Health in all policies: The Role of Global Health Diplomacy
§ Role of academe/ the role of civil society in Global Health Diplomacy: Training and capacity building and action
§ Indigenous participation and perspectives
Day 3: Social Determinants of Health: Think Globally, Act Locally
§ Rolling out the MDGs
§ Implementing the Social Determinants of Health: What’s Working
§ Advocacy and Social Determinants of Health: Does It Work?
§ Sustainable Environments in the Context of Global Change
§ Social Determinants of Health and Vulnerable Populations: Evidence and Action
§ Indigenous World Views and Contribution to Social Determinants of Health
Contact:
Canadian Conference on International Health c/o Canadian Society for International Health
Phone: 613 241-5785 x 326 Fax: 613 241-3845 By email: 2009ccih@csih.org
* * * *
This message from the Pan American Health Organization, PAHO/WHO, is part of an effort to disseminate
information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
health differentials; Gender; Violence; Poverty; Health Economics; Health Legislation; Ethnicity; Ethics;
Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues. [DD/ KMC Area]
“Materials provided in this electronic list are provided "as is". Unless expressly stated otherwise, the findings
and interpretations included in the Materials are those of the authors and not necessarily of The Pan American
Health Organization PAHO/WHO or its country members”.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
PAHO/WHO Website: http://66.101.212.219/equity/
Archives - Join/remove: http://listserv.paho.org/Archives/equidad.html
IMPORTANT: This transmission is for use by the intended recipient and it may contain privileged, proprietary or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient or a person responsible for delivering this transmission to the intended recipient, you may not disclose, copy or distribute this transmission or take any action in reliance on it. If you received this transmission in error, please notify us immediately by email to infosec@paho.org, and please dispose of and delete this transmission. Thank you.
No comments:
Post a Comment