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2006

WHO Meeting on the Development of the Benchmarks for Reporting Progress on the Implementation of the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalised World, Muscat, Oman
18 - 20 September 2006

Benchmarks for implementing action to strengthen health promotion and fulfill the commitments set out in the Bangkok Charter of 2005 were deliberated upon and arrived at during the three-day technical meeting on the Development of benchmarks for reporting progress on the implementation of the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a globalised world  held in Muscat (18 to 20 September 2006). The meeting organized by the WHO was hosted by the MoH, Oman. 

To facilitate the process, over 20 experts with wide experiences in health promotion  and representing each of the six WHO regions participated in the discussions to effectively transform the Bangkok Charter into meaningful action and to identify  indicators relevant to their country situations. Many of the experts from the WHO Member States as well as from WHO/HQ and the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO), who were actively involved in the Charter preparations, participated and made valuable contributions to the meeting proceedings.

Following the country presentations and group discussions, priorities of action were identified by the gathering. These included initiating an intra UN dialogue for health promotion, collaborating with international nongovernmental organizations, sustainable financing for health promotion, capacity building within countries, collaborating with the private sector to provide healthy choices as well as advocating for health promotion through extensive media coverage. 

Oman acknowledges health promotion as key to addressing the new disease trend in the country. The MoH, Oman has placed health promotion high on its strategic agenda as well as in the Country Cooperation Strategy for the country. In fact, Oman is one of the leading countries in the EMR in implementing the Regional Strategy on Health Promotion based on the Bangkok Charter. The country is now in the process of developing the National Strategy on Diet, Physical Activity and Health.