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The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World: What is it all about? Volume 16 Issue 9-10

Chris Rissel

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 16(10) 156 - 158 Published: 2005

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Chris Rissel

Abstract

On August 11, 2005, in Bangkok, Thailand, the delegates of
the Sixth World Health Organization (WHO) Global Health
Promotion Conference endorsed a statement known as the
Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized
World. This article briefly describes the background to the
Bangkok Charter, summarises the main components and
highlights some of the issues arising from its preparation.