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Commission on Social Determinants of Health - final report

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health
Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.

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Executive summary
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VIDEOS OF LAUNCH EVENT AND INTERVIEWS


Launch event press conference
Press conference: Palais des Nations, Geneva
Video [streaming wmv, 00:20:59]

Who podcast featuring the Commission's Report
Play now - duration 00:07:48 [mp3 4.5Mb]

Interview Sir Michael Marmott
Interview with Sir Michael Marmott
Video [streaming wmv, 00:06:22]

Remarks to the press by WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan


PRESS RELEASE

Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale"
English | French | Spanish

Comments from Commissioners
English | French | Spanish

BACKGROUNDERS

The Commission - what, why and how?
English | French | Spanish

Closing the gap in a generation - how?
English | French | Spanish

Key concepts
English | French | Spanish

STORIES AND GRAPHS

:: Stories of positive action

:: Graphs, figures and tables

MULTIMEDIA

:: Photos for journalists

:: B-ROLL 1

:: B-ROLL 2

:: B-Roll shot list [pdf 14kb]

THE REPORT IN SECTIONS

:: Table of contents [pdf 495kb]

:: PART 1: Setting the scene for a global approach to health equity [pdf 972kb]

:: PART 2: Evidence, action, actors [pdf 685kb]

:: PART 3: Daily living conditions: Recommendations for action [pdf 1.33Mb]

:: PART 4: Power, money, and resources: Recommendations for action [pdf 1.48Mb]

:: PART 5: Knowledge, monitoring, and skills: The backbone of action [pdf 765kb]

:: PART 6: Building a global movement [pdf 894kb]

:: Annex A: List of all recommendations [pdf 556kb]

:: Biographies, references, and index [pdf 297kb]

PRESENTATION

Why treat people...?
English [pdf 948kb] | French [pdf 1.03Mb] | Spanish [pdf 1.04Mb]


ESSENTIAL INFORMATION

Key concepts
THE FINAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSION

The Report, Executive Summaries and backgrounders

Interview Sir Michael Marmott
Interview with Sir Michael Marmott, Chair CSDH
Video [streaming wmv, 00:06:22]

Dr Margaret Chan WHO Director-
General


MEETINGS

Closing the Gap in a Generation (London, November 2008)

Wellcome Centre History of Medicine (London, November 2008)

Challenges of working at the country level on SDH and support needs (Geneva, June 2008)

World Social Science Forum


TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

PAHO/WHO self-instructional course on social determinants of health


RELATED TOPICS

Primary health care