PHA-Exch> Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities

[Claudio Schuftan]

From: Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC) <ruglucia at paho.org>
crossposted from: EQUIDAD at listserv.paho.org

 *Mapping global health inequalities: challenges and opportunities*


Peter Tugwell, Vivian Robinson, and Erin Morris
*December 12, 2007 - Center for Global, International and Regional Studies
Mapping Global Inequalities - conference papers *University of California -
Santa Cruz - USA**

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Available online at :

PDF [36p.] at:
http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1085&context=cgirs


Or:* *http://repositories.cdlib.org/cgirs/mgi/mgi-22



"…..Health inequalities both between and within countries persist, for
almost all diseases and health problems. Between countries, both average
life expectancy and child mortality have improved more in the richest
countries than the poorest (Marmot 2007). Within countries, progress on
redressing health inequalities is uneven, and data are not always available
over time. Analysis of 22 countries with available data found that only five
of 22 countries reduced health inequalities in childhood mortality across
income from 1995 to 2000 (Moser 2005).


Health inequalities are differences in health across population groups
defined by socioeconomic, demographic, or geographic factors.
These factors can be summarized using the acronym PROGRESS: Place of
residence (urban/rural), Race/ethnicity, Occupation, Gender, Religion,
Education, Socioeconomic status, and Social capital/resources …"
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