PHA-Exchange> On-line Document: "The Equity Gauge: Concepts, Principles, and Guidelines"

[Alexandra Bambas]

GEGA (The Global Equity Gauge Alliance) has produced a booklet, "The Equity 
Gauge: Concepts, Principles, and Guidelines," which provides an overview of 
the Equity Gauge Strategy. The Strategy supports policy and action for 
health equity using a three-pronged approach of Assessment & Monitoring, 
Advocacy, and Community Empowerment. The document shows how the Strategy can 
be used to develop a comprehensive plan for identifiying priorities, produce 
empirical information on health inequities, relate health to socioeconomic 
and political environments, work with policy makers, and support the 
involvement of communities to promote health equity. The booklet and further 
information on GEGA are available on-line at www.gega.org.za, and the GEGA 
Secretariat can be contacted by email at secretariat at gega.org.za.


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Lexi Bambas, PhD, MPH
Coordinator of the Global Equity Gauge Alliance
Health Systems Trust
PO Box 808
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
South Africa 4000

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