# Bangkok Charter

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The **Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World** is the name of an international agreement reached among participants of the 6th Global Conference on Health Promotion held in [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok), Thailand in August 2005, convened by the [World Health Organization](/source/World_Health_Organization).[1] It identifies actions, commitments and pledges required to address the determinants of [health](/source/Health) in a globalized world through [health promotion](/source/Health_promotion).

## About the Declaration

The Bangkok Charter recognizes:[1]

- the [health inequality](/source/Health_equity) between developed and developing nations

- the changing trend of communication and consumption in a globalized world

- urbanization

- global environmental change

- commercialization

Five key areas of action for a healthier world:

1. **Partner and build alliances** with private, non-private, non-governmental or international organizations to create sustainable actions

1. **Invest in sustainable policies**, actions and infrastructure to address the determinants of health

1. **Build capacity for policy development**, [health promotion](/source/Health_promotion) practice and health literacy

1. **Regulate and legislate** to ensure a high level of protection from harm and enable equal opportunity for health and well-being

1. **Advocate health** based on [human rights](/source/Human_rights) and solidarity

## See also

- [Health promotion](/source/Health_promotion) - [Ottawa Charter](/source/Ottawa_Charter) - [Jakarta Declaration](/source/Jakarta_Declaration)

- [Primary health care](/source/Primary_health_care) - [Health for all](/source/Health_for_all)

- [Global health](/source/Global_health)

- [Health policy](/source/Health_policy)

- [Public health](/source/Public_health)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Bangkok_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Bangkok_1-1) World Health Organization. [The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World (11 August 2005).](https://web.archive.org/web/20050820220614/http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/6gchp/bangkok_charter/en/index.html) Geneva.

## External links

- [The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World](https://web.archive.org/web/20050820220614/http://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/6gchp/bangkok_charter/en/index.html) official website

- [The Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World](https://www.who.int/healthpromotion/conferences/6gchp/hpr_050829_%20BCHP.pdf) full declaration

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