¹û¶³Ó°Ôº academic to lead WHO Commission
15 April 2005
Head of ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº's Department of Epidemiology, Professor Sir Michael Marmot, will chair the new World Health Organisation Commission on Social Determinants of Health, launched on 18 March 2005.
The three-year commission will tackle social inequalities in health
and health care by compiling evidence on the key factors behind the
disparities and then address policies and interventions on a regional,
national and global scale.
In an article in the Lancet, Professor Marmot writes: "In order to reduce inequalities in health across the world, there is a need for a third major thrust that is complementary to development of health systems and relief of poverty: to take action on the social determinants of health. Such action will include relief of poverty but it will have a broader aim of improving the circumstances in which people live and work."
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