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The 7th Global Conference on Health Promotion will be held in Nairobi, 26-30 October 2009. Health promotion will be seen in this conference to be an essential, effective approach in line with the renewal of primary health care as endorsed by the Executive Board of WHO.

– Find out more on the conference site

Promoting health

Health promotion strategies are not limited to a specific health problem, nor to a specific set of behaviours. WHO as a whole applies the principles of, and strategies for, health promotion to a variety of population groups, risk factors, diseases, and in various settings. Health promotion, and the associated efforts put into education, community development, policy, legislation and regulation, are equally valid for prevention of communicable diseases, injury and violence, and mental problems, as they are for prevention of noncommunicable diseases.

Source: http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/en/