The World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, takes place between 19 - 21 October.
Trade union HIV/AIDS programs were born out of the recognition that social justice is a matter of life and death, socio-economic policies are determinants to health and that at the same time health determines equality and development (individual and collective). 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. It can provide with more argument to support the trade union position on HIV/AIDS and other MDGs, including the work on the implementation of the ILO HIV and AIDS Recommendation no. 200 (2010) at the global as well as at the national level.
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.
Website of the Conference: http://www.who.int/sdhconference/en/index.html
WHO webpage on social determinants of health:http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/
The Commission’s final report was launched in August 2008, and contained three overarching recommendations: 1. Improve daily living conditions 2. Tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money, and resources 3. Measure and understand the problem and assess the impact of action
More information on the recommendations can be found here: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/closethegap_how/en/index.html
The 2008 Report can be found here: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/thecommission/finalreport/en/index.html
The program of the Conference can be found here: http://www.who.int/sdhconference/programme/programme.pdf
