Social determinants of health

Inequities are killing people on a "grand scale"
28 August 2008
Differences in mortality between - and within - countries result from the social environment where people are born, live, grow, work and age. These "social determinants of health" have been the focus of a three-year investigation. The recommendations from this investigation, released today, focus on policies to redress social equalities globally, nationally and locally.

Il 28 agosto sul sito dell'Organizzazione Mondiale della Sanità (www.who.int) è stato pubblicato un documento sui determinanti sociali della salute, dal titolo "Closing the gap in a generation - Health equity through action on the social determinants of health".
L'intero documento è scaricabile in pochi minuti e gratuitamente all'indirizzo
http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/en/index.html