The Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion
First International Conference on Health Promotion, Ottawa, 21 November 1986
CHARTER ADOPTED AT AN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH PROMOTION* the move towards a new public health, November 17-21, 1986 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. (* Co-sponsored by the Canadian Public Health Association, Health and Welfare Canada, and the World Health Organization)
The first International Conference on Health Promotion, meeting in Ottawa this 21st day of November 1986, hereby presents this CHARTER for action to achieve Health for All by the year 2000 and beyond.
This conference was primarily a response to growing expectations for a new public health movement around the world. Discussions focused on the needs in industrialized countries, but took into account similar concerns in all other regions. It built on the progress made through the Declaration on Primary Health Care at Alma-Ata, the World Health Organization's Targets for Health for All document, and the recent debate at the World Health Assembly on intersectoral action for health.
