Closing the gap in a generation
Subtitle: health equity through action on the social determinants of health : Commission on Social Determinants of Health final report
Contributors: World Health Organization
Publisher: World Health Organization, Commission on Social Determinants of Health
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Geneva, Switzerland
Language: eng
Number of pages: 246
ISBN-13: 9789241563703
Subjects: World health; Health services accessibility; Patient advocacy; Socioeconomic Factors; Social medicine; Cost of Medical care; Health care rationing; Needs assessment; Medical care
Description: The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by former World Health Organization Director-General JW Lee. It was tasked to collect, collate, and synthesize global evidence on the social determinants of health and their impact on health inequity, and to make recommendations for action to address that inequity.
Notes: Title from cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 208-224) and index.

CSDH (2008). Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Geneva, World Health Organization.

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Table of contents: title: Part 1. Setting the Scene for a Global Approach to Health Equity; title: 1. A new global agenda; title: the commission on social determinants of health; title: 2. Global health inequity; title: the need for action; title: 3. Causes and solutions; title: Part 2. Evidence, Action, Actors; title: 4. The Nature of evidence and action; title: Part 3. Daily Living Conditions; title: 5. Equity from the start; title: 6. Healthy places healthy people; title: 7. Fair employment and decent work; title: 8. Social protection across the lifecourse; title: 9. Universal health care; title: Part 4. Power, Money, and Resources; title: 10. Health equity in all policies, systems, and programmes; title: 11. Fair financing; title: 12. Market responsibility; title: 13. Gender equity; title: 14. Political empowerment; title: inclusion and voice; title: 15. Good global governance; title: Part 5. Knowledge, Monitoring, and Skills. the Backbone of Action; title: 16. The Social determinants of health. monitoring, research, and training; title: Part 6. Building a Global Movement; title: 17. Sustaining action beyond the commission on social determinants of health; title: Annex A. List of All Recommendations