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Commercial Determinants of Health: Data, digital spaces and misinformation [1]

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Date: 2022-12-16

The World Health Organization is inviting you to the third webinar of the Commercial Determinants of Health. This third webinar will explore the impact of the digital and commercial Determinants of Health on health and health equity, including the role of Big Tech in both digital health and virtual spaces, the specific challenges arising in regulating marketing and tackling misinformation, and the role for greater health and digital literacy. It will explore how to govern for the commercial determinants of health in a fast-moving, global and increasingly digital environment.

Agenda

Welcome and introductions:

Etienne Krug , Director, Social Determinants of Health, WHO

, Director, Social Determinants of Health, WHO Alain Labrique Director, Digital Health, WHO

Keynote presentation:

Sandro Galea, Dean and Robert A. Knox Professor, Boston University, USA

Roundtable:

Parminder Jeet Singh , Executive Director, IT for change, India

, Executive Director, IT for change, India Nerima Were , Deputy Executive Director and Head of Programmes, KELIN, Kenya

, Deputy Executive Director and Head of Programmes, KELIN, Kenya Mimi Tatlow-Golden , Co-Director, Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing, United Kingdom

, Co-Director, Centre for Children and Young People's Wellbeing, United Kingdom Neville Calleja , Director, Department of Health Information & Research, Ministry for Health, Malta

, Director, Department of Health Information & Research, Ministry for Health, Malta Birgit Kainz-Labbé, Coordinator, Civic Space Unit, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Webinar Chair and Moderator:

Jeanette Vega, Former Minister of Social Development and Family, Chile

Conclusions and close

Monika Kosinska, Head, Economic and Commercial Determinants of Health, WHO

Why

One of the key priorities identified for WHO is the need to raise awareness and understanding of the commercial determinants of health, their impact, and effective action for policymakers to address them. Therefore, WHO has launched a series of webinars for a diverse audience that will explore the evidence base for commercial determinants of health, how they manifest in practice, and potential actions at different levels and by different actors.

Participants

WHO encourages the participation of a diverse global audience including public-interest civil society organizations, academic experts and students, donors and philanthropic partners, policymakers at a national and local level, WHO staff across levels, regions and programmes and UN agencies.

RSVP

Registration is open until 23:59 CEST 15 December 2022: https://who.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_hvTIPXX0QniZmdl5kv7-mw

Further information

Please see the WHO Health topic page on the Commercial Determinants of Health the WHO Factsheet on Commercial Determinants of Health or contact the WHO Secretariat at [email protected] for further information.

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