Think differently on health equity: report

According to a new report by the Global Action on Health Equity Network (HealthGAEN), co-founded by researchers at the Australian National University, “Health inequity is still a major problem in the Asia Pacific region. There is no biological reason for the 23 year difference in life expectancy between countries in Asia Pacific or the 12 year difference in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian males. As Asia Pacific is home to over 60 per cent of the world’s population, improving the conditions for health and health equity here would vastly improve global health equity, ”ANU Associate Professor and chair of HealthGAEN Sharon Friel said. The report brings together a range of evidence on what can and must be done to improve health inequity.