Welcome to the new GAPA website
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Presentations from the IUHPE 19th conference, Vancover 2007
CDC/WHO Collaborating Centre Workshop on
Global Advocacy for National Physical Activity Plans
The International Union for Health Promotion and Education (IUHPE) and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are pleased to announce the establishment of the Global Alliance for Physical Activity (GAPA).
GAPA has been established to provide advocacy, coordination, integration and a strategic orientation to global activities to promote population based approaches to physical activity.
GAPA is willing to collaborate with international and national NGOs, as well as civil society, to help countries commence, continue and/or increase their efforts to address population levels of physical activity.
GAPA’s work aims to support those working in the health sector and non-communicable disease prevention and health promotion, as well as those working in transport, local government, education and urban design sectors who share an interest in increasing participation in physical activity, walking and cycling, sport and active leisure. GAPA’s activities will include advocacy, co-hosting scientific and policy meetings on physical activity, sharing of information and resources, and linking likeminded networks and organisations. GAPA does not have funding for primary research studies.
The GAPA website aims to provide a useful portal to access resources and materials related to promoting physical activity as well useful links to other key organisations and physical activity networks around the world.
The website is under development - please come back and visit us to see our expanding site which aims to provide links to resources which will help promote population based approaches to physical activity.
- GAPA contact Dr Fiona Bull, f.c.l.bull@lboro.ac.uk