Health care is a set of measures, activities and processes in promotion of the right to life, maintenance and promotion of health.

Promotion of individual, family and community health.

Member Ad Hoc NGO Group on Health Promotion, Geneva.

It is vital that women's health promotion evolves to meet changes in the determinants of health.

Promotion of the Status of Women in the Health System

Fifth Global Conference on Health Promotion, Mexico City, June 2000, organised by WHO, Pan American Health Organization and the Mexican Ministry of Health, leading to participation in Health Promotion Education Inter country workshop, Pretoria, South Africa, November 2000, organised by WHO AFRO.

The promotion of health education on both basic hygiene and sexual and reproductive health should not be limited solely to schools and formal health delivery systems.

Women's health promotion could be a practical approach to achieve greater gender equity.

The Government of Canada funds public health protection, health promotion and many health research projects that benefit people with disabilities and contributes to the funding of provincial and territorial health care systems.

Women's health promotion strategies can develop and change lifestyles, and the social, economic and environmental conditions which determine health within family and society.

The funding provides for coordinated clinical care, population health and health promotion activities to facilitate illness prevention, early interventions and effective illness management.

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The Committee is also concerned about the weak levels of community participation in the promotion of health, and about insufficient budgetary allocations for health services.

Governments need to set a well defined initiative for women's health promotion that offers a vision and focus for women's health into the next century.

Health promotion throughout life would be a key factor for a healthy life during old age.

Services include prevention, health promotion, early intervention, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, supportive services, and palliative care services.

New public health issues and challenges emerging in the field of women's health have demonstrated a need to re examine and update the international agenda for women's health promotion in the 21st century.

This enhanced funding supports improvements in access to primary care, mental health and family healing services, and community outreach health promotion activities in Aboriginal communities throughout Ontario.

B. Interregional cooperation to strengthen social inclusion, gender equality and health promotion in the Millennium Development Goal process

Promotion criteria are defined by specific legislation for specific areas, such as education, public administration and the health sector.

Childhood and adolescence are the critical periods in terms of health and for promotion and prevention of possible diseases.

The problems of women's state of health are unequal access to health protection in rural and urban areas, low levels of education, lack of gynaecological health protection services counselling for adolescents, low levels of health promotion and absence of a multidisciplinary, integrative attitude to problems of the health of women.

The report expressed concern about gender bias in public investment and social and economic policies and suggested the promotion of overlooked priorities, including maternal health, gender equality and reproductive health.

It should reflect the firm commitment of all stakeholders on women's health promotion to draw upon the widest range of resources to tackle women's health determinants in the 21st century.

Initiatives in Luxembourg include promotion of seniors' clubs, life long learning programmes and health and social services for older persons.

Recognizing the indispensable role that health professionals play in the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

This initiative will help build a workforce that will meet the unique health service needs of Aboriginal peoples 400 million for health promotion and disease prevention programs focusing on diabetes, suicide prevention, maternal and child health, and early childhood development.

Recognizing further the indispensable role that health professionals play in the promotion and protection of the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health,

The promotion of the health of each individual and community in Republika Srpska should be a goal of all development strategies.

Hygiene and promotion of health could help save lives, but knowing what vaccinations should be administered and when was equally important.

A special problem in the health sector presents the unequality of health resources in urban and rural areas, the lack of available gynaecological services, lack of education particularly for adolescents, insufficient level of health promotion, and the lack of a multidisciplinary integrative approach to problems of women's health.

The Family Health Counselling Centres, which acted as family practice centres, were an important institution for the promotion of the health of women and children including continued care as the children grew up.

With regard to girls and young women, policy priorities focus on gender related violence and the promotion of sexual and reproductive health.

Programmes being implemented also covered health promotion, quality education, protection against exploitation and violence, as well as action to combat HIV AIDS.

The Government is providing funding to improve indigenous peoples' access to comprehensive primary health care services. The funding provides for coordinated clinical care and population health, as well as health promotion activities including screening, antenatal services and maternal and child health, to facilitate illness prevention, early interventions and effective illness management.

A Northern Healthy Communities Partnership has been formed in Northern Saskatchewan and will include mental health promotion and substance abuse prevention initiatives in addition to addressing diabetes and a range of other health issues.

The policy's guiding principles were equity comprehensive care, with emphasis on health education recognition of cultural diversity the promotion of traditional medicine and its incorporation into health care programmes community participation and self determination.

Women's Health promotion should be recognized as a core strategy for the advancement and empowerment of women and girls in the 21st century.

In ECD, delegations requested information on progress in maternal health, the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative, anaemia reduction and the promotion of birth registration.

It has also realised a pilot programme on Defence and Promotion of the Greek Roma People Health and their Social Integration in co operation with the Directorate of Welfare of the Ministry of Health and Welfare.

Statement submitted by Radin Institute for Family Health Education and Promotion, a non governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council

The components of the national health plan, which are designed to facilitate women's access to health care, are (a) a model of comprehensive health care for women and children (b) comprehensive health care for children and young persons (c) a sex education and reproductive health programme and (d) Law No. 238 on the promotion, protection and defence of human rights in the context of AIDS.

With the planned reform of the PZZ there is an intention to ensure a universal, quality, effective, and continuous PZZ that is based on family health and pre orientation of main activities towards the promotion of health and prevention.

The direct and active participation of medical universities in the use and promotion of space technology was critical in public health education and remote medical instruction.

Panel discussion on Protection and promotion of human rights of people with mental disorders (organized by the World Health Organization, together with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in collaboration with the NGO Committee on Mental Health)