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WHO Global conference on social determinants of health 2011

From 19-21 October 2011, the World Health Organization (WHO) is convening a global conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to build support for the implementation of action on social determinants of health. The conference is being organized in response to a 2009 World Health Assembly Resolution and will be hosted by the Government of Brazil.

The event will provide a global platform for dialogue on how the recommendations in the final report of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2008) could be taken forward and participants will discuss policies and strategies aiming to reduce health inequities. The conference's outcome document, the Rio Declaration, will help to build high-level international backing for the further development and implementation of national policies to address social determinants of health.

These determinants are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age; however, they are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, which are themselves influenced by policy choices.

The conference will be attended by ministers of health, foreign affairs, the environment and other sectors; representatives of international agencies, philanthropic institutions and civil society organizations; leading academics and technical experts; and representatives from the private sector.

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