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Raúl Mercer and Mariela Alderete (English) - Global Community Health Workshop 2025

Children and adolescents facing the commercial determinants of health: Building participatory strategies for inclusive policies Summary: Commercial determinants of health, such as the promotion of harmful products and the influence of corporations on health policies, have a significant impact on children and adolescents. However, these groups are often excluded from decision-making spaces, even though their rights include participation in matters that affect their well-being. This presentation will address the importance of including children and adolescents in the formulation of health policies, highlighting participatory methodologies that can strengthen their influence in the creation of healthy environments. Experiences of child and adolescent participation in public health will be presented and strategies will be discussed to ensure that their voices are heard and considered in policy design. Download the presentation from Raúl Mercer and Mariela Alderete: https://unescochair-ghe.org/wp-conten... Raul Mercer is a pediatrician with a master’s degree in epidemiology from the University of Madison, WI, US. He was coordinator of the Maternal and Child Program of the Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires and at the national level. He currently coordinates the Program of Social Sciences and Health at FLACSO (Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences). He was a member of the Lancet-WHO-UNICEF Commission for the report ‘A future for the world’s children?’. Member of the CAP-2030 (Children in All Policies) initiative (www.cap-2030.org). He participates in the ALAPE Social Pediatrics Committee and the International Society of Social Pediatrics (ISSOP) (www.issop.org). At FLACSO he develops activities related to health promotion, child rights and health, gender and childhood, life course approach, early childhood development, and comprehensive sexual education. Recently, we addressed the commercial determinants of health and the consequences of harmful marketing products for the health of children and adolescents. Mariela Alderete is a physician, graduated from the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. She completed her training as a Family Physician at the Italian Hospital in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She did a Master’s Program in Health and Social Security Systems at Universidad Isalud, Buenos Aires (thesis pending). She is a member of the Social Sciences and Health Program at FLACSO, Argentina. Leader in the development of research and education projects for the promotion of public health policies at the National and Regional levels. Relevant background: Regional Project for the promotion of public policies for tobacco control in Latin America. M. Bloomberg Foundation, NY USA and CTFK (Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids) Washington DC USA; Coordinator of the pilot study for the monitoring of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes with the support of PAHO, UNICEF and SAP. Member of the network for the formulation of a law that regulates the marketing of BMS in Argentina.