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From: "Dennis Raphael" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, September 16, 2004 10:39 AM
Subject: Easy Link to WHO sponsored Commission on Social Determinants of
Health: Public invitation to nominate Commissioners
> http://www3.who.int/whosis/csdh
>
> This link contains the WHO documents related to the new commission on
> social determinants of health described in the following section - dr
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> WHO sponsored Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Public
> invitation to nominate Commissioners
>
> Throughout the world, poor people and those from socially disadvantaged
> groups get sicker and die sooner than people in more privileged social
> positions. Income poverty is a powerful predictor of health outcomes, but
> other social factors such as nutrition and diet, housing, education,
> working conditions, rural vs. urban habitat and gender and ethnic
> discrimination also determine people's chances to be healthy. Indeed,
> science shows that social factors account for the bulk of the global
> burden
> of disease and of health inequalities between and within countries.
>
> To respond, WHO will launch a high-level Commission on Social Determinants
> of Health which will assemble relevant evidence and, most important,
> spearhead a political process to drive change. The Commission's
> overarching
> goal is to increase vulnerable people's chances for a healthy life. It
> will
> achieve this by identifying and promoting implementation of effective
> policies on the social determinants of health in countries, at WHO, and
> among global health actors. The Commission will emphasize turning public
> health knowledge into political action.
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