Promotion of Health is a new trend in public Health and it seeks efficiency in Health care delivery system through a process of empowering individuals and community to avail and utilize Health resources. This concept combines the top down approach of old public Health and people’s participation in community Health, with delegation of power and decision making to the local people to have strong “Nut cracking” effect and is expected to bring about the desired change and envisaged in Ottawa Declaration of 1986, Health For All of W.H.O. 2000 and declaration of commission on social determinants of Health established by W.H.O. in 2005 (chaired by Michel Marmot of the University College of London).
Global Society for Health Promotion & Education is an all India Health Professionals Society contributing to Health of the Nation through Health Promotion and Education. It is the successor of the South East Asia Regional Bureau founded by Late Dr. Sri. V.Ramakrishna, Head of the Health Education Division WHO-SEAR in 1983. All the life members of SEARB continue to be member of the Global Society for Health Promotion & Education. Our affiliation to IUHPE, Paris is under consideration. The Headquarters is in Bangalore. It has Seven State Chapters (Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Delhi, Punjab & West Bengal).
