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Health Promotion International Health Promotion International ISSN 0957-4824 Volume 21 Supplement 1 December 2006 HEAPRO_21-S1_cover.qxd 01/31/07 12:25 AM Page 1 Health Promotion InternationalHealth Promotion Health Promotion International ISSN 0957-4824 Volume 21 Supplement 1 December 2006 EDITORIAL 1 Ottawa to Bangkok — Health promotion’s journey from principles to ‘glocal’ implementation Evelyne de Leeuw, Kwok Cho Tang and Robert Beaglehole Health Promotion International OPENING ADDRESS 5 Opening address by Dr Lee Jong-wook, Director-General,World Health Organization An Official Journal of the International Union for Health Promotion and Education TRIBUTE 7 A tribute to Dr Lee Jong-wook, Director-General of WHO Volume 21 Supplement 1 December 2006 Christine McNab OPENING ADDRESS www.heapro.oxfordjournals.org Volume 21Volume Supplement 1 December 2006 8 Opening address by His Excellency Thaksin Shinawatra, Prime Minister of Thailand BANGKOK CHARTER 10 The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World HEALTH PROMOTION CHALLENGES 15 Emerging health issues: the widening challenge for population health promotion Anthony J. McMichael and Colin D. Butler 25 Gender and health promotion:A multisectoral policy approach Piroska Östlin, Elizabeth Eckermann, Udaya Shankar Mishra, Mwansa Nkowane and Eva Wallstam 36 Promoting mental health as an essential aspect of health promotion Shona Sturgeon 6th Global Conference on GLOBALIZATION FOR HEALTH 42 Global health promotion: how can we strengthen governance and build effective strategies? Kelley Lee Health Promotion, 51 Health as foreign policy: harnessing globalization for health David P.Fidler Bangkok,August 2005 59 Trade in health services in the ASEAN region Jutamas Arunanondchai and Carsten Fink 67 Trade liberalization and the diet transition: a public health response Geof Rayner, Corinna Hawkes,Tim Lang and Walden Bello CAPACITY BUILDING 75 Integrated health promotion strategies: a contribution to tackling current and future health challenges Suzanne F.Jackson, Fran Perkins, Erika Khandor, Lauren Cordwell, Stephen Hamann and Supakorn Buasai 84 Community capacity building and health promotion in a globalized world John Raeburn, Marco Akerman, Komatra Chuengsatiansup, Fanny Mejia and Oladimeji Oladepo 91 Mapping national capacity to engage in health promotion: Overview of issues and approaches Maurice B. 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