Our Principles

As a health promotion agency, Sexual Health Victoria's work is underpinned by the health promotion principles established and/or reiterated in a number of landmark international statements, including the:

Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion (1986)
Jakarta Declaration on Leading Health Promotion into the 21st Century (1996)
Cairo Declaration on Population and Development (1994)
Fourth World Conference on Women Beijing Declaration (1995)
Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World (2005)
Nairobi Call to Action (2009)

The most recent, the Nairobi Call to Action (2009), describes the value that health promotion adds as a core element of global, regional, national and local health development. It reinforces the first commitment of the Bangkok Charter and calls for five urgent actions:

Strengthen leadership and workforces
Mainstream health promotion
Empower communities and individuals
Enhance participatory processes
Build and apply knowledge
These actions are reflected in the key priority areas and objectives of our 2023 - 2028 Strategic Plan.