PHA-Exch> Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of health

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


 *Reducing health inequities through action on the social determinants of
health*

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*WHO 124th Session EB124.R6 - Agenda item 4.6 -  23 January 2009*



WHO  Executive Board, Having considered the Secretariat's report on the
final report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health,1
RECOMMENDS to the Sixty-second World Health Assembly the adoption of the
following resolution:



Spanish: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-sp.pdf

English: http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-en.pdf



            French:
http://www.who.int/gb/ebwha/pdf_files/EB124/B124_R6-fr.pdf



"………Confirming the importance of addressing the wider determinants of health
and considering the actions and recommendations set out in the series of
international health promotion conferences, from the Ottawa Charter on
Health Promotion to the Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized
World making the promotion of health central to the global development
agenda as a core responsibility of all governments (resolution WHA60.24);



"……..URGES Member States:

(1) to develop and implement goals and strategies to improve public health
with a focus on health inequities;

(2) to take into account health equity in all national policies that address
social determinants of health and to ensure equitable access to health
promotion, disease prevention and health care;

(3) to ensure dialogue and cooperation among relevant sectors with the aim
of integrating a consideration of health into relevant public policies;

(4) to increase awareness among public and private health providers on how
to take account of social determinants when delivering care to their
patients;

(5) to contribute to the improvement of the daily living conditions
contributing to health and social well-being across the lifespan by
involving all relevant partners, including civil society and the private
sector;

(6) to contribute to the empowerment of individuals and groups, especially
those who are marginalized, and take steps to improve the societal
conditions that affect their health;

(7) to generate new, or make use of existing, methods and evidence, tailored
to national contexts in order to address the social determinants and social
gradients of health and health inequities;

(8) to develop, make use of, and if necessary, improve health information
systems in order to monitor and measure the health of national populations,
with data disaggregated according to the major social determinants in each
context (such as age, gender, ethnicity, education, employment and
socioeconomic status) so that health inequities can be detected and the
impact of policies monitored in order to devise appropriate policy
interventions to minimize health inequities  …….."




Eugenio Villar, Coordinator
Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights (ETH)
Information Evidence and Research (IER) World Health Organization
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