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Health Literacy Improving Health, Health Systems, and Health Policy Around the World: Workshop Summary (2013) / Chapter Skim
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... model for an age-friendly city,1 the academy has been working with the East 1 "The WHO Age-friendly Environments Programme is an international effort to address the environmental and social factors that contribute to active and healthy ageing. The Programme helps cities and communities become more supportive of older people by addressing their needs across eight dimensions: the built environment, transport, housing, social participation, respect and social inclusion, civic participation and employment, 5
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... UNITED NATIONS Steven J Hoffman Executive Office of the United Nations Secretary-General Hoffman said that it is an exciting moment in New York City with the United Nations General Assembly beginning the next day and world leaders arriving to debate some of the greatest issues facing the United Nations.
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... In addition, he said, noncommunicable diseases are increasingly taking the spotlight on the global agenda, with the top six causes of mortality worldwide being high blood pressure, tobacco use, high blood glucose, physical inactivity, obesity, and high cholesterol. The United Nations is serious about promoting health literacy, Hoffman said.
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... Working with leaders from governments, multilateral organizations, the private sector and civil society, Every Woman Every Child aims to save the lives of 16 million women and children and improve the lives of millions more" (http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/ [accessed November 15, 2012]
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