European Charter for Health Equity - open for signatures through 2012

The European Charter for Health Equity has been opened for signatures until the end of 2012.

To sign the European Charter for Health Equity please follow the registration link here. In addition, we would be very happy to receive a high quality logo of your organisation. You can send it along in an e-mail to inequalities@epha.org.

 Press Release of the EPHA Annual Conference "Life expectancy of the poorest is eight years shorter than the most wealthy : EPHA calls for EU action"

 EPHA Briefing on Health Inequalities

Why signing?

 Because the existing systematic differences in health – widespread, unfair and avoidable – impose a growing threat to all people living in Europe and have to be addressed in a concerted manner at all levels and by all relevant stakeholders. Putting right these inequities is a matter of social justice.

 To reaffirm the commitment to the values of well-being, solidarity, social justice, promotion of fundamental human rights and gender equity.

 To call for action from the civil society to all relevant stakeholders and in particular decision makers, relevant governmental and civil society partner organisations, and other regulatory bodies, to protecting and promoting people‟s health by acting on health inequalities between and within countries in Europe.

 To commit:
 to promote the shared values of solidarity, equity, gender equality, sustainability and participation through mainstreaming health equity in our policies and other actions to ensure due attention is paid to the needs of the poor and other vulnerable groups and to support a societal development that maximises individual and community potential;

 Invest in actions that promote and support health equity, social, gender and environmental determinants of health, and guarantee that such pro-health initiatives are coherent and integrated with effective and measurable evidence-based interventions that are responsive to people‟s needs, preferences and expectations;

 Foster and build capacity and cross-country learning and cooperation between all relevant stakeholders in development and implementation of policies that have positive impact on social determinants of health.

Who?

Decision-makers, EU institutions, regional, national and local governments, WHO, civil society, individuals, and all other interested parties.

All health and non-health areas with potential impact on reducing health inequalities: employment, education, housing, environment, social, gender, migration, agriculture, transport, climate, and others.

For more information please contact Ms Dorota Sienkiewicz at d.sienkiewicz@epha.org or inequalities@epha.org.

So far, we have collected support from 165 organisations/individuals: updated on 31 December 2011

Policy makers and individuals

 Sir Michael Marmot, President BMA, chair of the WHO Committee on Social Determinants of Health

 Nessa Childers, MEP (S&D, Ireland)

 Alojz Peterle, MEP (EPP, Slovenia)

 Jo Leinen, MEP (S&D, Germany)

 Marisa Matias, MEP (GUE/NGL, Portugal)

 Jean Lambert, MEP (Greens, the UK)

 Staffan Nilsson, President EESC

 Glenis Willmott MEP (S&D, the UK)

Organisations

 Mental Health Europe (MHE)

 Equity in Health Institute, Italy

 Older Women’s Network Europe (OWN Europe)

 Pancyprian Federation for the Welfare of the Elderly

 Handicap International

 National Association of Pensioners, Malta

 Smoke Free Partnership

 AGE Platform Europe

 Austrian Obesity Association

 Austrian Diabetes Association

 Cyprus Diabetic Association

 European Forum for Primary Care

 Endocrinological and Diabetological Association of Uzbekistan

 ABA Informatika, Croatia

 NGO Z.O.V. Zaprešić, Croatia

 Coalition of Associations in Healthcare, Croatia

 Andrija Stampar Institute of Public Health, Croatia

 Anton Trstenjak Institute of Gerontology and Intergenerational Relations, Slovenia

 PHAROS, the Netherlands

 PET+, Croatia

 Croatian Association for Sanitary Engineering

 Confederation of Family Organisations in the EU (COFACE)

 Universite de Montpellier, Faculte de Medecine

 ADHD Family Support Group, Malta

 European Hematology Association

 International Planned Parenthood Federation - European Network (IPPF-EN)

 European Men’s Health Forum (EMHF)

 European Institute of Women’s Health (EIWH)

 Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL)

 European Network for Smoking Prevention (ENSP)

 European Association of Senior Hospital Physicians (AEMH)

 European Shiatsu Federation

 World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts European Region (WAGGGGS)

 European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN)

 European Central Council of Homeopaths (ECCH)

 Croatian National Public Health Institute

 Croatian Coeliac Coalition

 Chen - Patient Fertility Association

 Croatian Youth Network

 North West House Brussels Office (NWHBO)

 European Anti-Poverty Network (EAPN)

 Agency for Medicinal Products and Medical Devices, Croatia

 Autonomus Trade Union of Service Sector of Croatia

 Korana - Association for Consumer Protection of the Karlovac County, Croatia

 Center for Promotion of European Standards in Healthcare, Croatia

 Alzheimer Disease Society, Croatia

 European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (Eurosafe)

 Romanian Federation of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases

 Citizens Information Board, Ireland

 Diabetes Association of Serbia

 Association Nationale de Prévention en Alcoologie et Addictologie, France

 Hrvatska zajednica laringektomiranih - Croatian Laryngological Society

 Polish Society for Health Programs

 Slovenian Coalition for Tobacco Control and Public Health

 Fórum pre pomoc starším - Forum for Help to the Elderly, Slovakia

 The European Federation of Patients’ Associations for Anthroposophic Medicine (EFPAM)

 European Public Health and Agriculture Consortium (EPHAC)

 Green Institute (Zielony Instytut), Poland

 The GENESIS Association, Georgia

 International Diabetes Federation Europe

 Civil Association Overweight Prevention, Croatia

 WEMOS, the Netherlands

 European AIDS Treatment Group (EATG)

 European Chiropractors’ Union

 European Federation of Associations of Dietitians (EFAD)

 Administração Regional de Saúde de Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

 Instance Regionale d’Education et de Promotion de la Sante (IREPS), France

 Centre for Democratic Development, Romania

 NGO Salutare, Estonia

 HEPA Macedonia National Organization for the Promotion of Health

 Associação Protectora dos Diabéticos de Portugal

 Association of Women of Southern Europe (AFEM)

 European Respiratory Society (ERS)

 European Child Safety Alliance

 StratAdviser, the UK

 ENRICH (European Network Regions Improving Citizen’s Health)

 Royal College of Physicians, the UK

 Cancer Research UK

 PLIVA, Croatia

 European Pharmaceutical Students’ Association (EPSA)

 Thalassaemia International Federation, Cyprus

 Cyprus Alliance for Rare Disorders

 Day Care Center (individual support), Cyprus

 International Federation of Anthroposophic Doctors Associations IVAA

 European Youth Forum

 European Federation for Complementary and Alternative Medicines (EFCAM)

 European Federation of national Organisations Working with the Homeless (FEANTSA)

 European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants (EFCNI)

 Autonomus Province of Bolzano/South Tyrol

 Socialdemokraterna (Social Democratic Party), Sweden

 Administração Regional de Saúde do Algarve, Portugal

 Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU)

 Standing Committee of European Doctors (CPME)

 Eurocare

 European Social Insurance Platform (ESIP)

 The Children’s University Hospital, Ireland

 Tampere University, Finland

 University of Helsinki, Finland

 Paracelsus Private Medical School, Austria

 International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus

 Gemensam Välfärd, Sweden

 University of Georgia

 Albanian Institute of Public Health

 S-Föreningen Bättre Och Jämlik Hälsa (Union for Better and Equal Health), Sweden

 Health Care Without Harm

 Eurochild

 European Childhood Obesity Group (ECOG)

 Center for Paediatric Nutrition of the "Sapienza" University in Rome, Italy

 the Health and Europe Centre, the UK

 Health Action International Europe (HAI Europe)

 Umanotera, Slovenia

 Institute for Electronic Participation (INePA), Slovenia

 University MIT-Skopje, Republic of Macedonia

 DocSWISS, Switzerland

 Society for promotion of equality and plurality Vita Activa, Slovenia

 "UP" Društvo za pomoč zasvojencem in njihovim svojcem Slovenije, Slovenia

 NGO Young People and Tobacco, Slovenia

 Slovak Public Health Association, Slovakia

 European Roma Information Office (ERIO)

 Medical Faculty, Trakia University, Bulgaria

 Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

 Trnava University, Slovakia

 Observatoire de la Sante du Hainaut, Belgium

 Ukrainian Diabetes Federation

 Udruga Slatki Zivot, Croatia

 Association Zajedno do zdravlja, Croatia

 ILGA-Europe

 European Heart Network (EHN)

 European Federation of Patients’ Associations for Antroposophic Medicine

 European Cancer Leagues (ECL)

 European Critical Care Foundation

 European Parkinson’s Disease Association (EPDA)

 Invalidsko Drustvo Ilco za Korosko (Disability Association ILCO of Carinthia), Slovenia

 SENT, Slovenian Society for Mental Health

 Nastje Klevze, Slovenia

 Drustvo za Avtizem DAN Maribor (Society against Autism DAN Maribor), Slovenia

 CLAB, Slovenia

 Soceity for Individuals Suffering from Depression and Anxiety Disorders, Slovenia

 Romanian Association for Public Health and Health Management

 Autism-Europe

 Médecins du Monde/Doctors of the World International Network

 EULAR - European League Against Rheumatism Brussels Office

 Sante Mentale et Exclusion Sociale SMES-Europa

 Médecins du Monde France

 Médecins du Monde/ Dokters van de Wereld Belgium

 Médecins du Monde Switzerland

 Ärzte der Welt / Doctors of the World Germany

 Médicos del Mundo / Doctors of the World Spain

 Médicos do Mundo / Doctors of the World Portugal

 Οι Γιατροί του Κόσμου – Giatri tou Kosmou / Doctors of the World Greece

 Dokters van de Wereld / Doctors of the World Netherlands

 Läkare i världen / Doctors of the World Sweden

 Doctors of the World United Kingdom

 University of Alicante, Spain

 European Healthcare Fraud and Corruption Network (EHFCN)

 European Society for Neuropsychiatry

 Olmue Colombia s.a.s.

 Stichting Romanian Children’s Humanitarian Foundation

 Center for Research and Community Health, Turkey

 European Patients’ Forum