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A New Global Agenda: The Sustainable Development Goals


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 10:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m.

Luiz Augusto Cassanha Galvao, MD, MSc, DSc, Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity, Pan American Health Organization, Washington, DC
  
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An overview of the process of the new UN Sustainable Development Framework and its relevance to public health sector regarding its leadership role in the implementation, monitoring and reporting.

Learning Areas:

Diversity and culture
Environmental health sciences
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Describe the process for the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): its origin, the countries participation, and the future perspectives for public health.

Keyword(s): Public Health Policy, Sustainability

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am the Chief of the Special Program on Sustainable development and Health Equity – SDE at PAHO, and I’ve leading this theme at PAHO for the last 15 years, and I am author or mentor of many plans, policy documents and papers. I receive a DSc degree in Community Health from UFRJ, Brazil, with focus on Sustainable Development and Public Health.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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