Welcome to the official website of the WHO Collaborating Centre for Health Promotion Capacity Building in Child and Adolescent Health. This part of the website is dedicated to Professionals committed everyday to the implementation of health promotion initiatives, as well as to the Institutions they belong to.

The Collaborating Centre, located within the Health Promotion Programme of the Anna Meyer University Children's Hospital in Florence, was created in light of the WHO and UN priorities reflecting the increasing need for action to address the socio-economic determinants of child and adolescent health. The Collaborating Centre was officially designated in May 2006.

Its activities are developed in strong collaboration with the WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development (Venice) and with the Special Programme on Health and Environment WHO European Centre for Environment and Health (Rome).

:: The Collaborating Centre's terms of reference

1. To assist the WHO and partners in collecting knowledge on the social determinants of child and adolescent health, and in generating strategic evidence and tools for promoting equity and improving the health conditions of children and adolescents.

2. To support the WHO in its efforts to incorporate into health systems the health promotion measures and partnerships needed to tackle the social determinants of, and provide the

social pre-requisites for, child and adolescent health.

3. To contribute to capacity-building activities for policy-makers from the health sector and other sectors, as well as health system administrators and healthcare providers on measures to address the social determinants of child and adolescent health.

4. To identify, through the creation of an inter-hospital capacity-building network, good practices and lessons learnt for international co-operation activities in support of the children’s hospitals’ role in community empowerment and health promotion.

5. To support the WHO in its stewardship role in the implementation of the Children’s environment and health action plan for Europe (CEHAPE) by contributing to activities that gather evidence on the environmental and wider determinants of child health, providing training to raise awareness among health and non-heath professionals, and developing practical implementation tools.

:: Main areas of activity

1. Promoting knowledge on the social determinants of child and adolescent health and measures to address them;

2. Training on promoting the health of children and adolescents through action on social determinants;

3. Orienting children’s hospitals towards expanding the social, economic and cultural resources to improve children’s health.