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Summit '08

The 2008 OxHA summit was held in Sydney, Australia (25-27 February 2008) on the theme of Building a healthy future: chronic disease and our environment.

• Click here >> for more information about this summit, including links to presentations.

• Each day, we produced two video news bulletins, highlighting the main discussions and debates that took place throughout the three days. They are  streamed on 3FOUR50 - click here >> (and then click on 'Video Bulletins' in the bar at the foot of the page).

• The Summit delivered a global call to action, the Sydney Resolution: click here >> 

Previous summits

OxHA has held four summits to date:

• The first event, at the Said Business School, Oxford University, brought together 60 founding members of Oxford Vision 2020 (as it then was). Five working groups were formed to investigate varoius aspects of chronic disease prevention.
• The second summit, in Oxford in 2004, included more than 90 participants, and heard presentations from the working groups. A Commitment to Action was produced.
• The 2005 summit was held in Yale. It was a significantly larger event – around 170 delegates, from 25 countries, from academia, government, the private sector, non-governmental organisations, young people, finance and media. It saw the launch of OxHA’s ‘transition to action’, which will see the organisation continuing to strengthen the evidence base while also working actively to combat the epidemic of chronic disease.
• The 2006 summit was held in Cape Town, South Africa, on the theme of ‘Health in transition: working together’. It was an interactive working meeting of around 110 delegates, a significant proportion of whom were from developing countries. It also saw the launch of OxHA's interactive website www.3four50.com. Proceedings from the 2006 summit can be viewed here >>

In addition, OxHA has been invited to give presentations at meetings of other organisations – click here for more details.