Social determinants

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• “Roma health newsletter”: first issue
  15-05-2012
  WHO/Europe, along with the European Commission and the University of Alicante, Spain, started a quarterly newsletter to share information and resources for improving Roma health. The first issue is out now.
• Forum finalizes Health 2020 policy framework
  23-04-2012
  The third meeting of the European Health Policy Forum of High-level Government Officials took place in Brussels, Belgium on 19–20 April 2012. The Forum advised WHO/Europe on the final shape of the Health 2020 policy framework and three other key documents that will be submitted to the WHO Regional Committee for Europe in September 2012.
• Scaling up action for Roma health in Serbia and beyond
  02-03-2012
  The Ministry of Health and the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, Public Administration and Local Self-government of Serbia, supported by WHO and other international partners, held a Roma health forum in Belgrade on 28–29 February 2012, and adopted a national declaration on Roma health.
• Vulnerability and health: WHO opens new collaborating centre in Hungary
  18-02-2012
  WHO has designated the Department of Preventive Medicine in the Faculty of Public Health at the University of Debrecen, Hungary a WHO Collaborating Centre on Vulnerability and Health.
• Causes and consequences: what determines our sexual and reproductive health? Entre Nous 73, 2011
  14-02-2012
  Issue No 73 of Entre Nous, “Causes and consequences: What determines our sexual and reproductive health?” focuses on the relationship between health inequities, social determinants of health and sexual and reproductive health, highlighting the progress, challenges, current status and commitment that has been made in this area throughout the European Region. The issue also features an article on the new European policy for health “Health 2020” which is currently under development and how this policy can be used to tackle the public health challenges of today such as vulnerable groups and inequities.
• Strengthening social determinants of health in Hungary
  17-01-2012
  On 15 November 2011, a half-day meeting took place for decision-makers to strengthen the local capacity to address the social determinants of health and health inequity (SDH/HI).
• Diabetes epidemic in Europe
  11-11-2011
  Lifestyle choices are putting more people at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. World Diabetes Day 2011 focuses on prevention.
• Global commitment to addressing social determinants of health
  26-10-2011
  The last day of WHO’s World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 19–21 October 2011, saw the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health finalized.
• World Conference on Social Determinants of Health opens
  19-10-2011
  WHO is holding a global conference on 19–21 October 2011 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build support for action on the social determinants of health.
• Poland prioritizes cutting health inequalities during Presidency
  07-07-2011
  WHO/Europe welcomes the priority Poland is giving to reducing health inequalities in Europe, during its six-month term as President of the Council of the European Union.
• New evidence from WHO: inadequate housing causes more than 100 000 annual deaths in Europe
  23-06-2011
  Inadequate housing accounts for over 100 000 deaths per year in the WHO European Region and causes or contributes to many preventable diseases and injuries, including respiratory, nervous system and cardiovascular diseases and cancer. This is the main conclusion of a report, "Environmental burden of disease associated with inadequate housing", released today by WHO/Europe.
• Third meeting on review of European health divide held in the Republic of Moldova
  20-06-2011
  The meeting was held in Chisinau on 6–7 June 2011. WHO/Europe commissioned the European review of social determinants and the health divide to identify best practices and policy options to address socially determined inequities in health in the WHO European Region. The resulting evidence will inform WHO/Europe’s new European health policy. A consortium of academic institutions is conducting the review, chaired by Professor Sir Michael Marmot, of University College London, United Kingdom.
• Migrant health: Italy signs agreement
  17-05-2011
  At the World Health Assembly on 16 May, Professor Ferruccio Fazio, Minister of Health of Italy, signed an agreement with Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, on a three year-project on the public health aspects of migration.
• Social determinants of health technical paper: feedback requested
  13-05-2011
  Ahead of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health (19-21 October 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), WHO has launched a global public consultation on the draft technical paper for the conference.
• Integrating gender, equity and other social determinants in the Turkmen state health programme
  26-04-2011
  In cooperation with the Turkmenistan Ministry of Health and Medical Industry, the WHO Country Office in Turkmenistan held a workshop 6-7 April 2011 on integrating gender, social determinants and equity in the state health programme.
• Slovenia committed to reducing health inequalities
  04-02-2011
  “Slovenia has become a pathfinder for progress in addressing social determinants and tackling social inequities in health,” commented Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at a high-level forum on health equity in Slovenia on 1 February 2011.
• High level forum on social determinants of health and health inequalities
  28-01-2011
  The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, in cooperation with WHO/Europe and WHO/Europe’s Office for Investment for Health and Development (based in Venice, Italy), is organizing a high-level forum in Brdo, Slovenia on 1 February 2011, to call for action to tackle the country’s social inequities in health. WHO/Europe will launch a report, “Health inequalities in Slovenia”, at the forum.
• Better health for poor and socially excluded groups
  19-01-2011
  To facilitate implementation of the action plan for health under the Decade of Roma Inclusion 2005–2015, the Ministry of Health of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and WHO/Europe will hold a joint workshop on improving the health of Roma and other populations experiencing poverty and social exclusion.
• Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
  16-12-2010
  Easier access to health, education and employment for informal waste collectors in Serbia
• Development of HEALTH2020 under way
  18-10-2010
  International experts in public health met on 14 October 2010 to map out the broad goals and targets of the new European health policy, HEALTH2020, at a meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.
• Promoting health in a fast-changing world
  11-07-2010
  Developing a strong, effective and credible health promotion strategy requires taking account of major global changes and trends, including climate change, global urbanization and the ageing of the population. This was the foundation of a keynote speech given by Ms Zsuzsanna Jakab, WHO Regional Director for Europe, at the opening of the 20th IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion, organized by the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE).