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Health inequalities  

The Lancet - Volume 365, Number 9464     19 March 2005

 'If the major determinants of health are social, so must be the
remedies' 

"....Many gross health inequalities that exist between and within
countries have social factors at the root. Michael Marmot
<http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.revi
ew_and_opinion.32545.1>  introduces the independent Commission on Social
Determinants of Health, set up by WHO, and consisting of prominent
figures in politics, research, and social action. Within 3 years the
Commission aims to understand the societal factors that influence health
and use this knowledge to develop policies to improve health. 

In a Comment paper, Lee Jong-wook
<http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.anal
ysis_and_interpretation.32561.1>  argues that public health begins with
the recognition of the need for favourable social conditions, and that
neglect of such factors undermines health efforts...". 


Public health is a social issue, Lee Jong-wook , Director-General of WHO.

 Free online at:
http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.analy
sis_and_interpretation.32561.1
<http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.anal
ysis_and_interpretation.32561.1>  

 Social determinants of health inequalities  

Michael Marmot 

Lancet 2005; 365: 1099-104

International Centre for Health and Society, University College London

 Free online at:
http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.revie
w_and_opinion.32545.1
<http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9464/full/llan.365.9464.revi
ew_and_opinion.32545.1>  

- Inequalities in health between and within countries: poverty and
inequality 

- Social determinants: poverty, inequality, and the causes of the causes


- Action is possible and necessary 

- Meeting human needs

 

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