The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World is the name of an international agreement reached among participants of the 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion held in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

, Thailand in August 2005, convened by the World Health Organization

World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is a specialized agency of the United Nations that acts as a coordinating authority on international public health. Established on 7 April 1948, with headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency inherited the mandate and resources of its predecessor, the Health...

. It identifies actions, commitments and pledges required to address the determinants of health

Health

Health is the level of functional or metabolic efficiency of a living being. In humans, it is the general condition of a person's mind, body and spirit, usually meaning to be free from illness, injury or pain...

 in a globalized world through health promotion

Health promotion

Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...

.

About the Declaration

The Bangkok Charter recognizes:

• the health inequality
  Health equity
  Health equity refers to the study of differences in the quality of health and health care across different populations....
  
   between developed and developing nations
• the changing trend of communication and consumption in a globalized world
• urbanization
• global environmental change
• commercialization

Five key areas of action for a healthier world:

1. Partner and build alliances with private, non-private, non-governmental or international organizations to create sustainable actions
2. Invest in sustainable policies, actions and infrastructure to address the determinants of health
3. Build capacity for policy development, health promotion
   Health promotion
   Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
   
    practice and health literacy
4. Regulate and legislate to ensure a high level of protection from harm and enable equal opportunity for health and well being
5. Advocate health based on human rights
   Human rights
   Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
   
    and solidarity

See also

• Health promotion
  Health promotion
  Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
  
  
  • Ottawa Charter
  • Jakarta Declaration
    Jakarta Declaration
    The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century is the name of an international agreement that was signed at the World Health Organization's 1997 Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion held in Jakarta...
    
    
• Primary health care
  Primary health care
  Primary health care, often abbreviated as “PHC”, has been defined as "essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their full participation and at a cost...
  
  
  • Health for all
    Health For All
    Health For All is a programming goal of the World Health Organization , which envisions securing the health and well being of people around the world that has been popularized since the 1970s...
    
    
• Global health
  Global health
  Global health is the health of populations in a global context and transcends the perspectives and concerns of individual nations. Health problems that transcend national borders or have a global political and economic impact, are often emphasized...
  
  
• Health policy
• Public health
  Public health
  Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" . It is concerned with threats to health based on population health...
  
  

External links

• The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World official website
• The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World full declaration