Presidência PT da UE Saúde. Relatório de actividades. A34 Conferência Atender uma Chamada sobre Cannabis (Lisboa, 1-2 Out) Programa

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1 v.13/02/2008 A34 Conferência Atender uma Chamada sobre Cannabis (Lisboa, 1-2 Out) Programa 289

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3 v.13/02/2008 A35 Simpósio Internacional sobre Recursos Humanos da Saúde (Lisboa, de Outubro) Programa 291

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8 v.13/02/2008 A36 5º Congresso Nacional de Epidemiologia (Lisboa, de Novembro) Programa 296

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10 v.13/02/2008 A37 Conferência sobre Famílias, Estilos de Vida e Drogas (Porto, de Novembro) Programa 298

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12 v.13/02/2008 A38 4ª Conferência Europeia sobre Doenças Raras (Lisboa, de Novembro) Programa 300

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16 v.01/02/2008 A39 2ª Conferência Internacional sobre Pobreza, Saúde e Nutrição (Lisboa, de Novembro) Programa e conclusões 304

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18 v.01/02/2008 Conclusions International Conference on Poverty, Food and Health in the Welfare (Lisbon, November) Poverty and inequality continue to be very much part of the affluent societies but it seems less visible today than a few decades ago. The wealth disparity between the top and the bottom sections of the society has increased in many countries. The new wealth and affluence is visible everywhere and poverty apparently is less visible and more localised. This may be due to isolation, segregation and exclusion. Old poverty is getting mixed with new groups experiencing poverty, such as the elderly, immigrants, and the increasing rates of professionals unemployed. We know very little about the new poor, even though they are an impressive part of our population. Scientifically and conceptually they have totally different needs and their problems should be addressed accordingly. There is no data collection, and thus we have no evidence-based policies. But when working beside them we know that many of them live in poverty, below their potential in jobs that do not utilise their skills fully, on very low wages, pensions, in very poor working conditions, very poor housing and often in poor health. The most unequal societies have the worst health. Those in disadvantaged groups experience increased health risks. Both national and EU policies need to take that into consideration. This requires actions and practices that combat poverty, promote / protect health across the life-cycle. Community development should include and support disadvantaged communities by the process of empowerment, advocacy and bridge building. Goodwill, social justice and social responsibility were also slightly touched during a presentation of community projects that have changed people s lives, including the Food Bank activities. It was underlined how critical seems to be, the need to mobilise goodwill to satisfy what should be considered a basic human right. It was pointed out the importance of goodwill when the basic human rights are denied mainly because goodwill is the spirit behind the defence of human rights and should be seen as a complementary and not an alternative service to those in need. The presence and participation of the media during the conference, creates and important reflection about the enormous role they can play on the combat of poverty, hunger and the denial of human rights. The media just show and describe the situations but fails to generate the necessary awareness of the audience that they are also part of same society that creates poverty for some while generate wealthy for others and not only part of the solution. So, the media should learn how to deal with the social situations in order to prevent the indifference and their apparently normalisation. As reflected during the 2 days Conference a number of themes and issues remain unaltered. Poverty is a structural problem in societies and one that can only be properly redressed via the redistribution of wealth by equitable taxation policies and the provision of quality universal welfare services in health, education, housing and income support. Clearly this has been hard to achieve. Governments urgently need to realise the huge social and economic costs of the hardly breakable cycle of poverty. The challenge for countries and for societies, essential within a human rights approach, is to have a coherent, universalistic and good quality public service provision in education, health care, community care services, childcare and housing, alongside targeted programmes for the most disadvantaged in the society. From the human rights point of view there, besides what has been done at international level, at national level much more has to be done and governments should be more involved in the defence of the human rights of their citizens. During the coming year the Economic, Social and Culture Rights Protocol, prepared by the Council of Europe, needs to be advocated for ratification, once it is optional. Most of the articles are already included in the European Social Charter, already ratified by Portugal. 306

19 v.01/02/2008 Coming together in Lisbon has helped re-focus the attention of the international community on the importance of continued and increased assistance to national and international research for policy action in terms of tackling poverty, food insecurity and health inequalities, within the human rights framework. The conference benefit from interdisciplinary plenary sessions, intended to provide the most current research findings, deep reflections while sharing in a diversity of perspectives for policy action. It was announced the 3 rd edition of this Conference to be held in Lisbon, in March

20 v.01/02/2008 A40 Encontro Profissionais de Saúde Transpondo Fronteiras (Lisboa, 8 de Outubro) Agenda 308

21 v.01/02/2008 A41 2ª Conferência das Partes sobre a Convenção-Quadro da OMS para a Luta Anti Tabaco (Banguecoque, 30 Jun-6 Jul) Agenda e relatório 309

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