Leaders from governments and United Nations organisations, city chiefs and health experts from around the world today made two landmark commitments to promote public health and eradicate poverty.
 
The 9^th Global conference on health promotion, co-organised by the World Health Organization (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.
·         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.

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