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Declarations, Charters and Statements – Their role in health promotion
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The recent IUHPE Conference, held in Vancouver, Canada, provided opportunities for the many participants to hear about innovative practices, access some fine research from around the world and to debate the successes, failures and future of health promotion. It was also fitting that the Conference celebrated the 21st birthday of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion which was written at an inspiring meeting in that city in Canada in 1986. Many of the participants at the IUHPE Conference also attended satellite meetings and conferences examining particular aspects of health promotion, such as the settings approach.
Ilona Kickbusch, one of the driving forces in health promotion for over three decades, presented a challenging and inspiring critique of progress in the field by anchoring many of her observations around the Declaration of Alma Ata, which emerged in 1978 from the UNICEF/WHO Conference on Primary Health Care in the USSR city with the
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