Leaders pledge support for World Conference
June 29, 2016Leaders pledge support for World Conference The leaders of two highly regarded international bodies have signalled their support of the next World Hea...
Health Promotion Forum Wins Bid to Host World Conference
June 13, 2016Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand – Runanga Whakapiki Ake i te Hauora o Aotearoa (HPF) has been successful in its bid to host the next World Confe...
Prof John Raeburn: health promotion advocate
March 20, 2016Health Promotion Forum was fortunate to get some time with Emeritus Professor John Raeburn recently, to ask him about his more than 40 years as a heal...
NZ health promotion competencies recognised by global body
March 9, 2016The International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) has recently acknowledged the New Zealand Health Promotion Competencies as equivalen...
NZ Health Promotion Competencies recognised by global body
March 8, 2016The International Union of Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) has recently acknowledged the New Zealand Health Promotion Competencies as equivalen...
Zika virus has health promotion implications
February 17, 2016The cluster of Zika virus outbreaks and the associated neurological disorders has caused global concern; particularly in tropical and sub-tropical are...
Glowing review for new Michael Marmot book
October 17, 2015A glowing review by Henry March was published this month in UK paper NewStatesman of Michael Marmot’s book The Health Gap: the Challenge of an U...
What makes us healthy? Hint: It’s not health care
June 6, 2015University professor and physician Trevor Hancock has urged society to rethink the role and effectiveness of health care as a determinant of our healt...
Widespread acclaim for HPF information videos
March 19, 2015Two videos from the Health Promotion Forum of New Zealand (HPF) are receiving widespread praise – and calls for more – across the population hea...
Scottish politicians seek multi-agency approach
January 14, 2015Scottish MPs (MSPs) have called for a multi-agency approach to tackle inequalities. This follows the publication of the Report on Health Inequ...
Ottawa Charter
January 12, 2015The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is a 1986 document produced by the World Health Organization. It was launched at the first international confe...
Bangkok charter
January 12, 2015The ‘Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a globalized world’ was agreed to by participants at the 6th Global Conference on Health Prom...
Alma-Ata Declaration
January 12, 2015The Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), currently in Kazakhstan, 6...
WHO Social Determinants of Health – report by the Secretariat
January 11, 2015Since the World Conference in 2011, the Secretariat has observed a considerable increase in the action on social determinants of health. Published in ...
Declaration of Alma-Ata
December 30, 2014The Alma-Ata Declaration is considered by many to be the founding framework for health promotion internationally. It came from an International Confe...
‘Now more than ever’ – WHO 2008
December 30, 2014World Health Report 2008 – Primary Health Care – Now More than Ever “Globalization is putting the social cohesion of many countries ...
WHO calls for greater commitment to public health leadership
December 18, 2014The World Health Organization (WHO) identified a need for the development of public health leadership at a conference in November. The global body c...
Equity at the Centre – highlights
November 23, 2014Following her attendance at the Equity at the Centre Conference in Alice Springs (4-5 September 2014), HPF Senior Health Promotion Strategist Karen Hi...
Call for global controls of food
May 20, 2014Consumers International (CI) and World Obesity Federation (WOF) are calling on the international community to develop a global convention to fight die...
Call for global controls of food
May 20, 2014Consumers International (CI) and World Obesity Federation (WOF) are calling on the international community to develop a global convention to fight die...
Call for national governments to address determinants of health
May 1, 2014An in-depth paper published in The Lancet this February urges policy makers to recognise and address global political determinants of health inequity....
Highlights from 2013 IUHPE World Conference on Health Promotion
April 30, 2014Highlights from the International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) World Conference on Health Promotion – “Best Investment for H...
Call for national governments to address global political determinants of health
April 30, 2014Commission on Global Governance for Health calls on national governments to address global political determinants An in-depth paper published in The L...
WHO policy guidance
April 30, 2014The World Health Organisation (WHO) has published five new policy guides for addressing health inequity. The guides have been produced by New Zealand...
Whanau Ora: a model for people around the world
February 4, 2014A speech to parliament on Wednesday 28 January 2014 by Minister Tariana Turia has highlighted the groundswell of support for Whanau Ora as a mo...
HPF making its mark on world health agendas
December 18, 2013HPF – and New Zealand – is making a significant contribution to world health agendas. Its most recent input was to the scientific ...
Think and act on all levels: Sione Tu’itahi
December 13, 2013Health Promotion Forum (HPF) Executive Director Sione Tu’itahi is calling on health promoters at all levels to join forces and make a differenc...
WHO review “answers policy makers’ demands for practical guidance”
November 1, 201330 October 2013: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released a review, which “answers policy-makers’ demands for practical guidance on social po...
New Zealand health promotion held up as international best practice
September 30, 2013Health promotion programmes in Aotearoa New Zealand were held up as models of best practice in August at the annual conference of the world’s most hig...
