PHA-Exch> LAUNCH of the WHO Report on the Social Determinants of Health - Thursday, 28 August 2008 - 10h00 - 11h00 CET

[Claudio Schuftan]

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

 *LAUNCH of the WHO Report on the Social Determinants of Health*



WHO's Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) will hand over its
report to the World Health Organization (WHO)



News Conference: Media briefing and launch of the Report of the Commission
on Social Determinants of Health



*WHERE*: Salle de presse III, Palais des Nations, Geneva

*
WHEN:* 10h00 - 11h00 CET Thursday, 28 August 2008

(Central European Time) = Geneva time To check local time in Geneva against
your time zone, see the World Clock at:
 http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html  )



*
WHO:* Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

          Sir Michael Marmot, Chair, Commission on Social Determinants of
Health and Professor at the University College, London, UK.



Website: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/



"….Many of the differences in health between - and within - countries result
from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age.
These "social determinants of health" have been the focus of a three-year
investigation by an eminent group of policy makers, academics, former heads
of state and former ministers of health. Together, they comprise the World
Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. On
the 28th August, the Commission will present its findings to the WHO
Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.



The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was established in 2005 by
the late WHO Director-General, Dr LEE Jong-wook, to marshal evidence and
make recommendations on reducing health inequities.





The Report in English and the Executive Summary in six UN languages and
supporting media materials including a press release, backgrounders, country
examples, figures, tables and graphs, B-Roll material including visuals, and
a podcast including voices of the Commissioners



*All the material is under embargo until 10h00 CET 28August 2008. *



For more information or interviews, please contact:

Sharad Agarwal, Communications Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva

Telephone +41.22.791.1905, Mobile: +41(0)79.621.5286, Email:
agarwals at who.int

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/
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