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-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="maroon" face="Arial" size="3"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:maroon;font-weight:bold">Closing
the Health Equity Gap: <br>
Policy Options and Opportunities for Action</span></font></b><b><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:navy;font-weight:bold"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">2013<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"> - </span></font>ISBN 978 92 4 150517 8<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">World Health Organization, <u></u><u></u>Geneva<u></u>, <u></u>Switzerland<u></u><u></u><font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Available online PDF [64p.]
at: <a href="http://bit.ly/XnEvWl" target="_blank"><font color="black"><span style>http://bit.ly/XnEvWl</span></font></a> <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic" lang="EN-GB">“Summary…….</span></font></i><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">This
report brings together a series of policy briefs and is aimed at policy-makers
and others interested to improve health equity by acting within the health
system and on broader governmental policy. <font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">The report provides an update and
overview of the vast amount of evidence produced during the Commission on
Social Determinants of Health and identifies policy options to implement the
main recommendations of the Commission. It draws from the extensive work of the
nine global knowledge networks set up by WHO to generate evidence for the
Commission. <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial" lang="EN-GB">It first considers the essential
role of the health sector in reducing inequities in five areas (working towards
universal coverage; public health programmes; measuring inequities in health;
facilitating mobilization of people and groups; intersectoral action).
Second, it discusses how the health sector can work with other sectors that are
also vital to this task in seven additional areas (early child development;
urban settings; globalization <font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br>
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</span></font>The report ends by outlining one way to put together a national
action plan addressing these issues, in light of the different starting points
and priorities found in each country.” <u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Introduction<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Why act to improve
health equity?<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">The structure of this
report</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Section
1. The Health Sector<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Working towards
universal coverage<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Public health programmes<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Measuring inequities in
health<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Facilitating
mobilization of people and groups<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Intersectoral action</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><br>
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<p style="margin-left:.5in"><b><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">Section
2. Cross-Government Actions<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Early child development<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Urban settings<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Globalization and
increasing economic interdependence<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Employment and working
conditions<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Policy and attitudes
towards women<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Inclusive policies<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:50.0pt"><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Engaging civil society<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
<p style="margin-left:.5in"><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">An Example Programme of Action<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"> </span></font><font color="black" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial">Questions and Next Steps</span></font><font color="navy" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:69.0pt"><b><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold">“<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">..</span></font><i><span style="font-style:italic">At a time when the world is discussing the post-2015 development goals,
this report brings an important contribution to what is now widely regarded as
a major shortcoming of the Millennium Development Goals: the need to monitor
progress not only at national level but also for specific socioeconomic and
ethnic subgroups, thus ensuring that progress at national level does not
aggravate within-country disparities<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy">….</span></font>”<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><i><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Calibri;font-style:italic"> </span></font></i><i><font face="Arial" size="1"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:italic" lang="PT-BR">- Professor Cesar G. Victora, Universidade Federal de
Pelotas, Brazil and President, International Epidemiological Association<font color="navy"><span style="color:navy"></span></font></span></font></i><br></p></div></div></div><br>