[EQ] Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility - Conference on International Health

Health Equity: Our Global Responsibility
16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health

Sunday, October 25th to Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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 Canada’s responsibility, in Canada and globally, for health equity and social justice
    (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
1 Nicholas St, Suite 1105 Ottawa, ON, Canada  K1N 7B7
Phone: 613 241-5785 x 326 Fax: 613 241-3845  By email: 2009ccih@csih.org

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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]

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[EQ] Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health

Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health

 

WHO 124th Session EB124.R6 - Agenda item 4.6 -  23 January 2009

 

WHO  Executive Board, Having considered the Secretariat’s report on the final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health,1
RECOMMENDS to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly the adoption of the following resolution:

 

Spanish: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-sp.pdf

English: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-en.pdf

 

            French: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-fr.pdf

 

“………Confirming the importance of addressing the wider determinants of health and considering the actions and recommendations set out in the series of international health promotion conferences, from the Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion to the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World making the promotion of health central to the global development agenda as a core responsibility of all governments (resolution WHA60.24);

 

“……..URGES Member States:

(1) to develop and implement goals and strategies to improve public health with a focus on health inequities;

(2) to take into account health equity in all national policies that address social determinants of health and to ensure equitable access to health promotion, disease prevention and health care;

(3) to ensure dialogue and cooperation among relevant sectors with the aim of integrating a consideration of health into relevant public policies;

(4) to increase awareness among public and private health providers on how to take account of social determinants when delivering care to their patients;

(5) to contribute to the improvement of the daily living conditions contributing to health and social well-being across the lifespan by involving all relevant partners, including civil society and the private sector;

(6) to contribute to the empowerment of individuals and groups, especially those who are marginalized, and take steps to improve the societal conditions that affect their health;

(7) to generate new, or make use of existing, methods and evidence, tailored to national contexts in order to address the social determinants and social gradients of health and health inequities;

(8) to develop, make use of, and if necessary, improve health information systems in order to monitor and measure the health of national populations, with data disaggregated according to the major social determinants in each context (such as age, gender, ethnicity, education, employment and socioeconomic status) so that health inequities can be detected and the impact of policies monitored in order to devise appropriate policy interventions to minimize health inequities  ……..”

 

Eugenio Villar, Coordinator
Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH)
Information Evidence and Research (IER) World Health Organization 

 

 

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information Related to: Equity; Health inequality; Socioeconomic inequality in health; Socioeconomic
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Information Technology - Virtual libraries; Research & Science issues.  [DD/ KMC Area]

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[EQ] Training Modules online: International Program for Development Evaluation

International Program for Development Evaluation Training (IPDET):
Course Modules

The Independent Evaluation Group (IEG) at the World Bank, in partnership with the Faculty of Public Affairs and Management at Carleton University

International Program for Development Evaluation Training Building Skills to Evaluate Development Interventions June 8 - July 3, 2009 Ottawa, Canada Website: http://www.ipdet.org/page.aspx?pageId=programInfo

IPDET was designed to meet the needs of evaluation and audit units of many different types of organizations involved in development work. This comprehensive international program is designed to help a range of development specialists conduct significant evaluations of development interventions at the project, program, and policy levels. It is both an educational experience and an opportunity to advance career objectives.

Below are the twelve modules from the two-week core course, which aims to build skills and knowledge required for high-quality development evaluation. This course is designed especially for those with little prior evaluation experience or for those wanting a refresher course.

 

Modules	Powerpoint Presentation	Narrative Chapter
1. Introduction to Development Evaluation
2. Emerging Issues and Trends
3. Front-End Analysis of the Evaluation Process: Why, When & What
4. Building a Results-Based Monitoring & Evaluation System
5. Evaluation Questions
6. Descriptive, Normative and Cause-Effect Evaluation Designs
7. Approaches to Development Evaluation
8. Data Collection Methods
9. Sampling
10. Data Analysis and Interpretation
11. Presenting Results
12. Managing for Quality and Use
13. Complex Evaluations
14. Evaluation Ethics, Politics, Standards, and Guiding Principles

 

 

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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”.
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