WHO conference calls for health promotion to be at centre of development -- Parry 331 (7514): 422 -- BMJ

WHO conference calls for health promotion to be at centre of development

Hong Kong Jane Parry

In a bid to put health promotion at the centre of the global development agenda, a new charter urges greater cooperation between medical and non-medical institutions.

The Bangkok charter for health promotion was adopted by participants in last week’s sixth global conference on health promotion, co-hosted by the World Health Organization and Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health.