
<br>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><div class="gmail_quote">crossposted from: <a href="mailto:EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org">EQUIDAD@listserv.paho.org</a><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="3" color="maroon" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">How health systems can address inequities in priority public

health conditions: <br>

the example of tuberculosis</span></font></b></p>


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</span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Copenhagen</span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">, WHO Regional Office for Europe,

2010<br>

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at: <span><a href="http://bit.ly/cHgRnT" target="_blank"><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">http://bit.ly/cHgRnT</span></font></a></span><br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">УЕ.</span></font></b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">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.<br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">This briefing merges two fields of analysis:</span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">1. research on the social determinants of priority public health

conditions, using TB as an example, for improved health equity; and</span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in;text-autospace:none"><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">2. analysis on how a health-systems-strengthening approach can

contribute to more effective programme delivery and health outcomes.ЕФ<br>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font size="2" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold">Content<br>

</span></font></b><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Executive summary </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Introduction</span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">TB in the European Region</span></font></p>


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social determinants, and health systems </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">The social determinants of

TB </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Socioeconomic position </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Differential exposure to

upstream risk factors </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Differential exposure to

mid- and downstream risk factors </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Differential vulnerability

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Differential health

outcomes </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Differential consequences </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Policy implications </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Universal social

protection systems, including social health protection </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Enhanced PHC approach and

health care financing and organization </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Intersectoral action for

health </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Social empowerment and

respectful treatment </span></font></p>


<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font size="1" color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Priorities for future

research </span></font></p>


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references </span></font></p>


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