Event details
The Social Determinants of Health: European and Global Actions
Date: 21-22 November 2011
Venue: British Medical Association House, London
The Health Action Partnership International is organising an international event on the social determinants of health with the support of the BMA and UCL.
The event will be opened by the Secretary of State for Health, the Rt Hon Andrew Lansley CBE MP, with Zsuzsanna Jakab, Regional Director WHO European Office, and Despina Spanou of the European Commission, along with Professor Sir Michael Marmot.
Other speakers will be from the World Bank, ILO, UCL, Self Employed Women?s Association, The Public Health Institute of India, LSHTM and DFID.
Participants will be from the areas of research/academia, NGO/civil society, industry, international development, practice and policy making, and from a range of low- to high-income countries, as well as the UK. Zeinab Badawi of the BBC and Clive Needle of HAPI and Eurohealthnet will facilitate.
This event in is planned to pick up on the themes developed at the WHO conference that was held in Rio, and to consider the practical actions that can be taken within and by Europe to address the global social determinants of health. A particular focus will be on building active global networks and partnerships.
Reflecting the themes of the WHO global event in Rio, the topics under discussion will be:
- Monitoring progress - measurement and analysis of health inequities and policies to address the social determinants of health (SDH)
- Promoting participation - community leadership for action on SDH
- Governance to tackle the root causes of health inequity - implementing intersectoral action and health in all policies
- The social determinants of health - national policy and global imperatives
- Health systems as social determinants - the role of the health sector in reducing health inequities
- Developing international and global partnerships
Places for this event are very limited with high demand, and registration will be on a first-come basis. If you would like to register, go to the Social Determinants of Health event website. There will be no walk-in registration on the day.