The aim of this contribution is to present the Report of ‘Commission on Social Determinants of Health’ (Who) published in August 2008, 30th Alma Ata Conference anniversary. The Report highlights major inequalities in life expectancy and rates of disease between rich and poor within countries as well as among different parts of the world. The report makes wide ranging recommendations in order to ‘close the gap in a generation’, emphasizing action on living conditions, access to services, social support, information and research. We will discuss the echoes from the scientific and media world and there impact on national and global scale.
Closing the gap in a generation: l’equità nella salute attraverso l’azione sui determinanti sociali della salute. Una sfida per la comunità internazionale / DI THIENE, D; Marceca, Maurizio. - In: ANNALI DI IGIENE MEDICINA PREVENTIVA E DI COMUNITÀ. - ISSN 1120-9135. - STAMPA. - 20:(2008), pp. 595-601.
Closing the gap in a generation: l’equità nella salute attraverso l’azione sui determinanti sociali della salute. Una sfida per la comunità internazionale
MARCECA, Maurizio
2008
Abstract
The aim of this contribution is to present the Report of ‘Commission on Social Determinants of Health’ (Who) published in August 2008, 30th Alma Ata Conference anniversary. The Report highlights major inequalities in life expectancy and rates of disease between rich and poor within countries as well as among different parts of the world. The report makes wide ranging recommendations in order to ‘close the gap in a generation’, emphasizing action on living conditions, access to services, social support, information and research. We will discuss the echoes from the scientific and media world and there impact on national and global scale.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
