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The 51st
World Health Assembly, recalling resolution WHA42.44 on health
promotion, public information and education for health and
the outcome of the four international conferences on health
promotion (Ottawa, 1986; Adelaide, Australia, 1988; Sundsvall,
Sweden, 1991; Jakarta, 1997);
1. URGES all
member states:
(1) to promote social responsibility for health;
(2) to increase investments for health development;
(3) to consolidate and expand "partnerships for health";
(4) to increase community capacity and "empower" the individual
in matters of health;
(5) to strengthen consideration of health requirements and
promotion in all policies;
(6) to adopt an evidence-based approach to health promotion
policy and practice, using the full range of quantitative
and qualitative methodologies;
2. CALLS ON organisations
of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and nongovernmental
organisations and foundations, donors and the international
community as a whole:
(1) to mobilise member states and assist them to implement
these strategies;
(2) to form global, regional and local health promotion networks;
3. CALLS ON the
Director-General:
(1) to enhance the organisation's capacity with that of the
member states to foster the development of health-promoting
cities, islands, local communities, markets, schools, workplaces,
and health services;
(2) to implement strategies for health promotion throughout
the life span with particular attention to the vulnerable
groups in order to decrease inequities in health;
4. REQUESTS the
Director-General:
(1) to take the lead in establishing an alliance for global
health promotion and in enabling member states to implement
the Jakarta declaration and other local/regional declarations
on health promotion;
(2) to support the development of evidence-based health promotion
policy and practice within the organisation;
(3) to raise health promotion to the top priority list of
WHO in order to support the development of health promotion
within the organisation;
(4) to report back to the 105th session of the Executive Board
and to the 53rd World Health Assembly on the progress achieved.
Tenth plenary meeting, 16 May 1998.
Further information on the 1998 World Health Assembly resolution (health promotion) can be viewed here
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