A4HP urges follow-up to the Nairobi Call to Action

Joint intervention at WHA63 on MDGs, addressing the growing health equity gap through mainstreaming health promotion with special attention to community assets and cultural dynamics.

Letter to participants of the Civil Society Sub-plenary and to the NGO Health Promotion network
Intervention at WHO EB January

7th Global Conference on Health Promotion, Nairobi, October 2009
Civil Society Sub-Plenary Session at the 7GCHP

Presentations
Ron Kirk: Focusing on Community Assets for Health Promotion: The role of NGOs and Civil Society in Local Empowerment
Berhane Ras-work: Positive Local Knowledge and Traditional Practices
Grace Lo: Civil Society – a vital link in bridging the implementation gap
Eliya Zulu: Role of evidence in closing the implementation and scale-up gap

Report on the Civil Society Sub-Plenary
Call2Action - final document of the 7GCHP

Action Plan 2007-2009

The NGO Health Promotion Advisory Group meeting held on the 9th of March 2007 built on past consultations to develop a framework for NGO and civil society action in health promotion. Read more

Briefings at the World Health Assembly
The 60th World Health Assembly marked the 10th Anniversary of the NGO Advisory Group on Health Promotion. The 10th Briefing held on 16th May 2007 seeded a timely debate to explore the role of NGOs in primary health care and engaged participants to re-examine opportunities for multi-sectoral sustainable action to strengthen health systems. Read the Agenda, Report and Presentations.

Meetings

During the 20th IUHPE Conference the Alliance is holding a Workshop (flyer) with the title Making health promotion "tangible", Geneva, 15 July 2010

During the 63nd WHA the Alliance is organising a Workshop - on 18 May 2010 in the UN Palais on "Mainstreaming Health Promotion: Developing an effective toolkit to cover the gaps" - See Summary, Project Sheet and presentations.

During the 62nd WHA the Alliance organised a Workshop on 19 May 2009 in the UN Palais on "How can NGOs in alliance maximise the opportunity?"

During the 61st WHA the NGO Advisory Group on Health Promotion held a Planning Meeting on 21 May 2008. The main theme discussed was: Local Wisdom - a missing link in primary health care.

Follow-up to the First Brainstorming Session on Health Promotion, 25 February 2008

NGO Advisory Group Planning Meeting, 21 May 2008

The NGO Advisory Group on Health Promotion, AGHP held a Planning Meeting in the UN Palais during the 61st World Health Assembly. A Task Force was commissioned to propose a programme focusing on Local Wisdom leading to a Joint NGO presence at the 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion to be held in Nairobi, Kenya in August 2009.

NGO Advisory Group, First Brainstorming session, 3 December 2007

NGO Advisory Group Meeting, 9 March 2007

This Follow-up meeting builds on the work and discussions at the WHO/NGO Workshop in February 2006. At the Workshop many participants expressed interest in starting a wider network on health promotion. The Advisory Group on Health Promotion is proposing some Terms of Reference for discussion at the meeting.

At this meeting the new Coordinator for Health Promotion in WHO, Dr. Gauden Galea will also give an update on recent health promotion projects and how he would like to see NGOs taking an active role. Have a look at the final agenda and report of the meeting.

Workshop, 23 February 2006

The NGO Advisory Group on Health Promotion and the WHO Department of Chronic Diseases and Health Promotion organised a consultative workshop on health promotion. It focused on promoting the implementation of the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World (BCHP) and developing an action framework for NGOs to contribute to the four commitments of the BCHP, particularly by making the promotion of health a key focus of communities and civil society. Read a brief Report of the Workshop. As a follow-up a publication was printed "From Vision to Action: NGOs Promoting Health in a Globalized World".