- Working for Equity in Health
The latest publication from the EU PROGRESS Working for Equity
in Health project is Pan-European macro-drivers: Work,
worklessness, social protection and health inequalities
A core aim of this report is to offer an insight and the latest
evidence as to how policy responses can be designed to be health
protective in times of crisis. The report shows that governments
would do well to promote and invest in social protection
measures such as Active Labour Market Programmes to enhance both
health and the functioning of the labour market. The aim of the
report is to stimulate policy makers, practitioners and
researchers to think differently about how they might minimise
the risks of widening health inequalities and approach the goal
of improving the health of communities and populations.
The report follows a high level forum that was held in Brussels
in January, and involved stakeholders from across sectors.