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<P align=left><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">From the Secretariat of the
Commission </FONT></I><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">on Social Determinants of
Health, </FONT></I><I><FONT face="Times New Roman">World Health
Organization</FONT></I></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">At the 2004 World Health Assembly,
WHO's Director-General Dr. Lee announced the beginning of a process to act upon
the social causes of health inequities. As a result, the Commission on Social
Determinants of Health emerged to build on existing efforts to</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT> <FONT face="Times New Roman">work towards better
health and greater health equity. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">The Commission is undertaking three
tracks of work with the following objectives: (1)</FONT><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> learning</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">: by
consolidating, disseminating and promoting the use of knowledge that
demonstrates the imperative for</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"> action on
the social determinants of health and that informs both policy and
effective, equitable interventions on these determinants; (2)</FONT><B><FONT
face="Times New Roman"> advocacy</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">: by
identifying and promoting opportunities for action on key social determinants
within policy makers, im</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">plementing agencies
and the wider society; and (3)</FONT><B><FONT face="Times New Roman">
action</FONT></B><FONT face="Times New Roman">: by catalyzing and supporting
processes that initiate, inform and strengthen actions to integrate knowledge on
social determinants within public health policy and practice. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">The learning track cons</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">ists of nine Knowledge Networks (KN), each of which will
be coordinated by an organization participating as a 'Knowledge Network Hub'.
The KNs are organized around the following themes: early child development,
health systems, employment conditions, globa</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">l</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman">ization, priority
public health conditions, human settlements, social exclusion, food security and
measurement of the impact of a social determinants approach on health
outcomes. </FONT></P>
<P align=left><FONT face="Times New Roman">Commission web-site:</FONT> <A
href="http://www.who.int/social_determinants/knowledge_networks/en/"><U></U><U><FONT
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size=2>http://www.who.int/social_determinants/</FONT><FONT face="Courier New"
color=#0000ff size=2>knowledge_networks/en/</FONT></U></A></P></BODY></HTML>