The World Health Organisation has just released this report, authored by their Commission of Social Determinants of Health, which is led by Sir Michael Marmot. (If you refer to our posting of 22 August, you can follow the links to listen to Marmot speaking on this topic).
The report is entitled "Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health." Their blurb reads: 'Social justice is a matter of life and death. It affects the way people live, their consequent chance of illness, and their risk of premature death. We watch in wonder as life expectancy and good health continue to increase in parts of the world and in alarm as they fail to improve in others.'
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