Fair Society, Healthier Lives is the "must-read" WHO report on health inequality, authored by Chair of the World Health Organization's Commission on Social Determinants of Health, Michael Marmot. It proposes new ways to improve everyone's health and reduce inequalities that it describes as 'unfair and unjust'. A central question behind the WHO report was "why treat people...without changing what makes them sick?". The challenge posed by Marmot is that we cannot afford inaction and six policy objectives are required:
- Give every child the best start in life
- Enable all children young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives
- Create fair employment and good work for all
- Ensure healthy standard of living for all
- Create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities
- Strengthen the role and impact of ill-health prevention
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