Leaders from governments and United Nations organizations, city chiefs, and health experts from around the world today made 2 landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty.
The 9th Global conference on health promotion , co-organized by WHO and the National Health and Family Planning Commission of the People’s Republic of China in Shanghai on 21–24 November, has agreed:
The Shanghai Declaration on Health Promotion , which commits to make bold political choices for health, stressing the links between health and wellbeing and the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals.
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《健康城市上海共识》 ，载有100余名市长的承诺，旨在通过改善城市环境管理促进健康。
The Shanghai Healthy Cities Mayors' Consensus , which contains a commitment by more than 100 mayors to advance health through improved management of urban environments.
WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan says underpinning these commitments is the need for government action that protects people from health risks, provides access to healthy choices and spreads awareness of how to be and stay healthy.
Dr Chan adds: "Legislative and fiscal measures are among the most effective interventions that governments – national and city – can take to promote the health of their citizens, from tobacco control and taxing sugary drinks to ensuring people can breathe clean air, bike home safely and walk to school or work without fear of violence."
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上海宣言
The Declaration
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宣言强调人们需要有能力维护自身的健康——能够选择健康的生活方式。
The Declaration highlights the need for people to be able to control their own health – to be in a position to make healthy lifestyle choices.
Noting the need for political action across many different sectors and regions, it highlights the role of good governance and health literacy in improving health, as well as the critical role played by city authorities and communities.