The Conference “Health literacy and human rights – connecting policy with practice to promote inclusion and combat discrimination” is to be held in Rome on 5 December 2024. 

The event is organised by the National Office Against Racial Discrimination of Italy, in cooperation with the Council of Europe, with the support of the Ministry of Family, Natality & Equal Opportunities of Italy.

Building on the first conference on health literacy and human rights (Rome, 12 December 2023), this second conference will consider how to better connect policy makers and health literacy stakeholders to promote inclusion and combat discrimination. With this purpose, the conference will discuss gaps in health literacy provision and how different stakeholders and systems can collaborate across sectors and disciplines. It will highlight the importance of health literacy in promoting inclusion and combating discrimination in society. New AI tools will be explored vis-a-vis the information and understanding that people need to access and consent to AI-enabled services in their treatment and care.  This will culminate in a forward-looking approach to setting-up a broad coalition of stakeholders to promote best practice and initiatives in the field of health literacy and human rights. 

The conference will be live streamed. Click here to register.

For more information see the conference webpage.