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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="3" color="maroon"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Case studies on social determinants of health<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Background papers</span></font></b><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">:<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">WHO - World Conference on Social Determinants
of Health, 19-21 October 2011, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</span></b></span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Available online at: <a href="http://bit.ly/pfKNIH" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style="color:windowtext">http://bit.ly/pfKNIH</span></font></a>
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..The following
case studies were commissioned by WHO Regional Offices for the World Conference
on Social Determinants of Health. The case studies present successful examples
of policy action aiming to reduce health inequities, covering a wide range of
issues, including conditional cash transfers, gender-based violence,
tuberculosis programmes and maternal and child health.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The case studies were written by
individual experts and are being circulated as draft background papers to
inform discussions at the conference. <br>
They represent the views of the authors and do not necessarily represent the
views, policies, or decisions of WHO or the governments of the countries where
the case studies are set.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Brazil</span></b><u></u><u></u>
-The Brazilian experience with conditional cash transfers: a successful way to
reduce inequity and to improve health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">United States of America</span></b> How can we get the
'social determinants of health' message on the public policy and public health
agenda? <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Solomon Islands</span></b> Gender-based violence in <u></u><u></u>Solomon Islands<u></u><u></u>:
Translating research into action on the social determinants of health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Republic</span></b><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold"> of <u></u>Kiribati<u></u></span></b><u></u>
Measuring and responding to gender-based violence in the Pacific: Action on
gender inequality as a social determinant of health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Viet Nam</span></b> Gender-based violence in <u></u><u></u>Viet Nam<u></u><u></u>:
Strengthening the response by measuring and acting on social determinants of
health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Australia</span></b> Health in All Policies: <u></u><u></u>South Australia<u></u><u></u>'s
country case study on action on the social determinants of health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">WHO Western Pacific region</span></b> Addressing
social determinants of health through tuberculosis control programmes in
Western Pacific Region <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Malaysia</span></b><u></u>
Health in All Policies: <br>
</span></font><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial">The Primary
Health Care Approach in <u></u><u></u>Malaysia<u></u><u></u>.
50 years experience in addressing social determinants of health through
Intersectoral Action for Health</span></font><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">India</span></b><u></u><u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">'s </span></b>country experience in addressing social
exclusion in maternal and child health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">India </span></b>Effective social determinants of
health approach in <u></u><u></u>India<u></u><u></u>
through community mobilization <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Thailand</span></b> Health systems, public health
programmes and social determinants of health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Egypt</span></b> Social participation in <u></u><u></u>Egypt<u></u><u></u>: Civil
society's former experience and new opportunities <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Morocco </span></b>Social determinants and health
equity in <u></u><u></u>Morocco<u></u><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">United States of America</span></b><u></u>
A national partnership for action to end health disparities in the <u></u><u></u>United States of America<u></u><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Australia</span></b> Supporting public policy and
action on the social determinants of health by providing evidence through the
Social Health Atlases of Australia <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cambodia</span></b> Gender as a social determinant of
health: Gender analysis of the health sector in <u></u><u></u>Cambodia<u></u><u></u> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">WHO Western Pacific region</span></b> Gender
mainstreaming in emerging disease surveillance and response <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Iran</span></b> School Pupil Policy Officer (Hamyare
Police) - A national initiative based on social participation to improve road
safety <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Jordan</span></b> National commitment to action on
social determinants of health in <u></u><u></u>Jordan<u></u><u></u>: Addressing obesity <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Namibia</span></b> Report on country experience: A
multi-sectoral response to combat the polio outbreak in <u></u><u></u>Namibia<u></u><u></u> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Rwanda</span></b> Community performance-based
financing in health: Incentivizing mothers and community health workers to
improve maternal health outcomes <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Uganda </span></b> Social determinants of health:
Food fortification to reduce micronutrient deficiency - Strengthening the
National Food Fortification Programm <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <u></u><b><span style="font-weight:bold">Kenya</span></b><u></u>
The national deworming programme: <u></u><u></u>Kenya<u></u><u></u>'s experience <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Zimbabwe</span></b> Intersectoral actions in response
to cholera in <u></u><u></u>Zimbabwe<u></u><u></u>:
>From emergency response to institution building <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Brazil</span></b> The Green Area of Morro da Policia:
Health practitioners working with communities to tackle the social determinants
of health <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Chile</span></b> Steps towards the health equity
agenda in <u></u><u></u>Chile<u></u><u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Pakistan</span></b> Heartfile Health Financing:
Striving to achieve health equity in <u></u><u></u>Pakistan<u></u><u></u><br>
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