PHM-Exch> WHO Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper Series

[Claudio Schuftan]

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


 *WHO Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper Series: *

*Debates, Policy & Practice, Case Studies**

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Edited by the World Health Organization, Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade
and Human Rights
(Social Determinants of Health)

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The Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights of WHO is pleased
to announce the launch of a WHO publication series devoted to the social
determinants of health.

 The series will explore themes related to strategy, governance, tools and
capacity building for addressing the social determinants of health to
improve health equity. Papers will also include reviews of country
experiences.

 The first set of papers can now be downloaded:

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*No 1.Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous
experiences*

*pdf available at: *http://bit.ly/i6yU3w

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*No 2. A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of
Health*

*pdf available at: *http://bit.ly/hhFPdW

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*No 3. Monitoring Social Well-being to Support Policies on the Social
Determinants of Health:
the case of New Zealand's "Social Reports/Te Purongo Oranga Tangata"*

*pdf available at: *http://bit.ly/eadqns

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The Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights is currently
working on a second set of papers, to be published immediately prior to the:
*World Conference on Social Determinants of Health
*Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19-21 October 2011
Website: http://bit.ly/edL4Ts  Conference Programme Tentative outline:
http://bit.ly/i4VYMC



These will discuss how the intersectoral practices necessary for promoting
health equity pose challenges to public health, and to policy-makers across
government, and will propose ways to overcome these challenges.
More on ETH SDH publications: http://bit.ly/hAA19R

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