INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE on
“REALISING THE RIGHTS TO HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL”

Monday 26 – Thursday 29 October 2009
Melia Hotel, Hanoi, Vietnam

Co-hosted by The University of New South Wales’ (UNSW) Initiative for Health and Human Rights and the Central Commission for Popularization and Education of the Communist Party of Vietnam the International Conference on ‘Realising the Rights to Health and Development for All’ was held in Hanoi, Vietnam from 26-29 October 2009.  This Conference aimed to further the understanding of the complex and powerful relationships between health, development and human rights and to propose practical ways that policies, strategies and research can optimally respond to these challenges. 

The themes of the Conference were: HIV/AIDS and other current and emerging public health threats; maternal and child health; climate change; and economic globalization. The four main themes chosen for the Conference exemplify major developmental concerns in Viet Nam, the Asia-Pacific Region and most low- and middle-income countries. Each of the themes shaped the discourse and was addressed using the realization of the rights to health and development as a cross-cutting theme. 

The International Conference brought together over 300 delegates from Vietnam and abroad, representing 28 Countries. The Conference participants included representatives from International and National NGO’s, the UN, International Agencies, Government Agencies, the private sector and academic institutions.

The realisation of this Conference owed to the keen support from Vietnamese leaders, The Atlantic Philanthropies, the UN Viet Nam, the USAID I Health Policy Initiative, Task Order 1; the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID); and Levi Strauss Foundation.

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