THL holds seminar to mark World Health Day 2010 on 7 April 2010

World Health Day, an event initiated by the World health Organisation (WHO), is celebrated each year on 7 April. World Health Day 2010 will focus on urbanisation and health.

To mark the event, the National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) will organise a seminar for representatives of Finnish municipalities and the media. The seminar will be held on Wednesday 7 April, at 12:30–15:30.

Programme

12:30 Salad buffet

13:00 Opening address, Director General Pekka Puska

13:15 Climate change policies and healthy cities, Academy Research Fellow Jouni Tuomisto

13:45 Effects of small-scale wood combustion on urban air quality, Senior Researcher Raimo Salonen

14:15 Health promotion in municipalities – Trends of municipal health promotion capacity, Development Manager Timo Ståhl

14:45 Active lifestyles and healthy cities, Senior Researcher Piia Jallinoja

15:15 General discussion

15:30 Seminar ends

The seminar will be chaired by Juha Pekkanen, Director of Environmental Health at THL, and held at THL’s Lintulahti office in Helsinki, address Lintulahdenkuja 4.

World Health Day has been celebrated annually since 1950.

More information: Marko Lähteenmäki, Head of Unit, Customer Relations and Information-steering Support, tel. +358 20 610 7189 or +358 40 585 1922