Sunday, February 03, 2013

development agenda: social determinants of health


ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and UNAIDS – 2013
Joint statement of the UN Platform on Social Determinants of Health

Available online PDF [18p.] at: 
http://bit.ly/Xd6yGM 
“…..The UN Platform on Social Determinants of Health is an informal mechanism to provide coordinated support to Member States with implementation of the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health. 
The Platform also advocates placing the social determinants of health highly on the global development agenda, and fostering coherent action on the social determinants of health. Currently, the platform involves staff from ILO, UNDP, UNFPA, UNICEF, WHO and UNAIDS.
This is an informal document, and does not represent the official positions of the organizations. It aims at informing how best to consider the social determinants of health aspects in the post-2015 global thematic consultations organized under the United Nations Development Group. Annex 1 aims to briefly illustrate the concept of the social determinants of health as applied to the ideas of the specific thematic groups, give some examples of why health is important to each specific theme, and show how each theme could contribute to health. 
The descriptions are compilations from various sources, and are not intended to be exhaustive. More specific papers will be required for more detailed inputs…

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