The OxHA Asia-Pacific Centre led the development of The Sydney Resolution which was the key outcome of OxHA’s annual global summit meeting, Building a Healthy Future: Chronic Diseases and the Environment, in February 2008. The Sydney Resolution is a call to urgent international action at all levels of society to halt the devastating global impact of chronic disease, and promote economic and environmental sustainability. The five points of the Resolution’s framework focus on achieving healthy people in healthy places on a healthy planet.

At its launch in February 2008 over 100 individuals and organisations signed up to The Sydney Resolution. Since then a number organisations have formally adopted the Resolution, including:

2008

• Diabetes Australia
• Diabetes New Zealand
• The World Lung Foundation
• The World Heart Federation and its 192 member organisations
• Australian Health Promotion Association
• Public Health Association of Australia
• Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine

2009

• USISS Health Theme Planning Group for the Faculties of Health
• Nepean Division of General Practice, NSW

How you can help - Donations in support of the Sydney Resolution

The Diabetes Unit’s work to implement the Sydney Resolution is entirely voluntary. The National Heart Foundation and Diabetes Australia–NSW have recently provided funding to assist us in increasing the uptake of the Resolution.

If you would like to help by making a donation, please contact Renee Slade.