PHM-Exch> How health systems can address inequities in priority public health conditions: the example of tuberculosis

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


 *How health systems can address inequities in priority public health
conditions:
the example of tuberculosis*

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**Copenhagen**, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 2010

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Available online as PDF [32p.] at: http://bit.ly/cHgRnT

 *“….*The Priority Public Health Conditions Knowledge Network of the WHO
Commission on Social Determinants of Health identified TB as a priority
public health condition because it represents a large aggregate burden of
disease, exhibits significant disparities across and within populations and
affects certain groups disproportionately.Current patterns of inequity also
favour the continued prevalence of TB.

 This briefing merges two fields of analysis:

1. research on the social determinants of priority public health conditions,
using TB as an example, for improved health equity; and

2. analysis on how a health-systems-strengthening approach can contribute to
more effective programme delivery and health outcomes.…”

 *Content
*Executive summary

Introduction

TB in the European Region

National TB programmes, social determinants, and health systems

The social determinants of TB

Socioeconomic position

Differential exposure to upstream risk factors

Differential exposure to mid- and downstream risk factors

Differential vulnerability

Differential health outcomes

Differential consequences

Policy implications

Universal social protection systems, including social health protection

Enhanced PHC approach and health care financing and organization

Intersectoral action for health

Social empowerment and respectful treatment

Priorities for future research

Bibliography and references

Bibliography

References
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