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A GLOBAL APPROACH TO HEALTH: WHY?
Health is a fundamental and universally recognised human right and is essential to achieve human being’s full potential. Differences and inequities in health both within societies and between States are significant indicators of the missed fulfilment of this right – which appears to be incompatible with today available knowledge and resources and neither politically nor ethically acceptable. (...)
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JOINING FORCES AND STRENGTHEN SYNERGIES
Join us and participate in the International Conference "Equal opportunities for health: action for development". A plan of action to advocate and teach Global Health! The Conference takes place on Friday 03 and Saturday 04 April 2009 in Padua at the Faculty of Political Sciences - Department of Social Sciences. (...)
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TEACHING GLOBAL HEALTH TO BECOME GLOBAL HEALTH ADVOCATES
We believe that today's health workers need to embrace a global approach to health. On the one hand, to face the challenges and meet the opportunities of a globalised world - for example treating immigrant patients, dealing with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, and working in international contexts. On the other, considering their professional and social role, health workers can act as opinion makers and promote a global approach to health as well as lobby and advocate for more equatable health policies. To this end, we promote a coordinated teaching in Global Health at Italian Medicine Faculties as well as in the field of long-life education. (...) |