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Sax Institute

@saxinstitute.bsky.social

40 years after the #OttawaCharter, its central message remains highly relevant: health is shaped by decisions across society, not just within the health system.

A new PHRP Editor’s Choice paper reflects on Australia’s progress – and the unfinished work.

🔗 https://bit.ly/3TJOnlB

October 7, 2026 at 5:54 AM

European Digital Media Observatory

@edmo-eu.bsky.social

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝘄𝗲 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽 #𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲, 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 + 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗮𝗻 #𝗔𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀?

Join @goripaula.bsky.social @eui-stg.bsky.social for next week's debate co-hosted w/ @who.int, marking 40 yrs of the #OttawaCharter!

🗓 29/04 | 11:45–12:30 CET
🎟️ www.who.int/europe/news-...

Evidence vs clicks: communication in a world of mis- and disinformation

April 21, 2026 at 3:07 PM

Adam R Houston

@healthlawadamh.bsky.social

Re-reading the #OttawaCharter for Health Promotion.
Striking that in the 40 years since, of the 38 countries represented (incl UKx4), 2 have united into 1 country, 2 have split into 2 countries & 2 others split into 7 & 15 countries respectively.
But we didn't get Health for All by the Year 2000...

Image of the original poster for the 1986 conference on the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Screenshot of the last paragraph of the charter, reading "The move towards a new public health is now evident worldwide. This was reaffirmed not only be the experiences but by the pledges of Conference participants who were invited as individuals on the basis of their expertise. The following countries were represented: Antigua, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Eire, England, Finland, France, German Democratic Republic, Federal Republic of Germany, Ghana, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malta, Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, St. Kitts-Nevis, Scotland, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Union of Soviet Socialist Republic, United States of America, Wales and Yugoslavia."

October 6, 2026 at 9:32 PM

Patrick Fafard

@pfafard.bsky.social

An important overview of the process that led to the Ottawa Charter on health promotion, its effects, and the challenge of analyzing and actually doing "health public policy".

#OttawaCharter

Evelyne de Leeuw @evdle.bsky.social · Jul 27

Better late than never: listen and read my views on the past and future of health promotion.

vimeo.com/1213217598?s...

@cphjournal.bsky.social @obshealth.bsky.social @who.int @umontreal-en.bsky.social

Past, present and future of health promotion - did we ever deliver the Ottawa Charter?

For the Australian Health Promotion Association I was part of a celebration of 4 decades of the Ottawa Charter. In this presentation I show that this landmark approach to 'a new public health' was bot...

vimeo.com

July 27, 2026 at 3:50 PM

Health Promotion at University of Galway

@galwayhprc.bsky.social

📣 1 week to go until the 30th Health Promotion Conference at University of Galway on 25th June! We’re excited to be welcoming all speakers, presenters, and delegates
💬 #HPRC2026🔗 clr.ie/140117
#HealthEquity #PublicHealth #Research #OttawaCharter