Global context

A series of World Health Assemblies and international health promotion conferences have produced various charters and declarations that set the agenda for health promotion.

The Alma-Ata Declaration, the Ottawa Charter and the Bangkok Charter provide a framework for health promotion and have been adopted by New Zealand. 

Alma-Ata Declaration

The Declaration of Alma-Ata was adopted at the International Conference on Primary Health Care, Almaty (formerly Alma-Ata), currently in Kazakhstan, 6-12 September 1978. It expressed the need for urgent action by all governments, all health and development workers, and the world community to protect and promote the health of all the people of the world. It recognises the primary health care approach as the key to achieving the goal of "Health for All". Here is a link to the full text of the   Alma Ata Declaration 

Ottawa Charter

The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is a 1986 document produced by the World Health Organization. It was launched at the first international conference for health promotion that was held in Ottawa, Canada. " The Ottawa Charter lays the foundation for health promotion action.  

The health promotion  emblem provides a graphic interpretation of health promotion.

Explaination of the emblem 

Bangkok Charter

The 'Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a globalized world' was agreed to by participants at the 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion held in Thailand from 7-11 August, 2005. It identifies major challenges, actions and commitments needed to address the determinants of health in a globalized world by reaching out to people, groups and organizations that are critical to the achievement of health. Link to the World Health Organisation to read the Bangkok Charter

Other global conferences have also influenced health promotion over the years. 
Milestones in Health Promotion is a collection of global statements in one booklet (this publication is quite large so below are links to separate global statements which may be easier to download)

Statements From Global Conferences
World Health Organisation 2009 
Milestones in Health Promotion  

Adelaide Conference on Healthy Public Policy
South Australia, 5-9 April 1998
Adelaide Recommendations on Healthy Public Policy

Third International Conference on Health Promotion
Sundsvall, Sweden, 9-15 June 1991
Sundsvall Statement on Supportive Environments for Health 

The Fourth International Conference on Health Promotion
Jakarta from 21 to 25 July 1997
The Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century

Fifth Global Conference on Health Promotion, 
Mexico City, June 5th, 2000
Mexico Ministerial Statement for the Promotion of Health: From Ideas to Action

Seventh Global Conference on Health Promotion
Nairobi, 26-30 October 2009
Promoting health and development