<div class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia (WDC)</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ruglucia@paho.org">ruglucia@paho.org</a>></span><br><br><br>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: maroon; font-weight: bold;">Action Summary: Improving Health Equity via the Social
Determinants of Health in the EU</span></font></b></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy; font-weight: bold;">Release of the first year report on the work of the DETERMINE
Consortium</span></font></b><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">. <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">November 2008</span></b></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;">Available online as PDF
file at: <a href="http://www.health-inequalities.eu/pdf.php?id=0c9084c524cc62a73516460143ea8534" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color: navy;">http://www.health-inequalities.eu/pdf.php?id=0c9084c524cc62a73516460143ea8534</span></font></a>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">"……….Ensuring
fair health opportunities for everyone is crucial if European societies are to
uphold the values of equal opportunity, social justice and solidarity, as set
out in successive EU Treaties by Member States. This requires strong political
commitment and collaboration between health and other policy sectors. </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">DETERMINE
(2007-2010) is an EU-wide project that aims to promote greater knowledge about
health equity amongst decision makers and to build capacity to take on the socio-economic
determinants of health inequalities (SDHI). It brings together a Consortium of
over 50 health bodies from 26 European countries. The Consortium complements
the work of the WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health.</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">During its first
year, the Consortium focused on what the EU and its Member States
are doing to address the SDHI, exploring the existing cross-government
approaches, as well as strategies undertaken by other policy areas.
DETERMINE's partners have also identified approaches in their countries
that make use of private-public partnerships and social marketing, to improve
health related behaviors amongst vulnerable groups. </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">The Action
Summary provides an overview of the outcomes of the first year of DETERMINE,
and the key messages that have emerged as a result of the Consortium's
activities to date. It provides specific examples of what various EU Member
States are currently doing in this area with the aim of stimulating greater
commitment and further action on fairer and more equitable health for all. </span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">The publication
has been translated into Spanish and French, as well as a wide range of other
European languages. It is now available on the homepage (top right-hand corner)
of the DETERMINE Portal: ………."</span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; color: navy;" lang="EN">The publication
is being translated into a wide range of languages:</span></font></p></div></div></div><br>