[EQ] LAUNCH of the WHO Report on the Social Determinants of Health - Thursday, 28 August 2008 - 10h00 - 11h00 CET

LAUNCH of the WHO Report on the Social Determinants of Health

         

WHO's Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) will hand over its report to the World Health Organization (WHO)

 

News Conference: Media briefing and launch of the Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health

 

WHERE: Salle de presse III, Palais des Nations, Geneva

WHEN: 10h00 - 11h00 CET Thursday, 28 August 2008

(Central European Time) = Geneva time To check local time in Geneva against your time zone, see the World Clock at:
 http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html  )

 

WHO: Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General, World Health Organization

          Sir Michael Marmot, Chair, Commission on Social Determinants of Health and Professor at the University College, London, UK.

 

Website: http://www.who.int/social_determinants/en/

 

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health 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.

 

 

 

“….Many of the differences in health 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 by an eminent group of policy makers, academics, former heads of state and former ministers of health. Together, they comprise the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health. On the 28th August, the Commission will present its findings to the WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan.

 

The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was established in 2005 by the late WHO Director-General, Dr LEE Jong-wook, to marshal evidence and make recommendations on reducing health inequities.

         

 

The Report in English and the Executive Summary in six UN languages and supporting media materials including a press release, backgrounders, country examples, figures, tables and graphs, B-Roll material including visuals, and a podcast including voices of the Commissioners

 

All the material is under embargo until 10h00 CET 28August 2008.

         

For more information or interviews, please contact:

Sharad Agarwal, Communications Officer, World Health Organization, Geneva

Telephone +41.22.791.1905, Mobile: +41(0)79.621.5286, Email: agarwals@who.int

http://www.who.int/social_determinants/final_report/

 

The twenty Commissioners are global and national leaders from political, government, civil society and academic fields and from all geographic regions of the world. Individually and as a group, they give profile and voice for the Commission. Drawing on their expertise and experience, they translate the knowledge and learning from other components into levers for policy change and action on health. They communicate the key message and recommendations of the Commission in policy arenas and lever political attention and policy change. In addition, they mobilise financial and human resources and political support for the Commission.

The Commission meetings are opportunities to profile the message of the commission and the leadership, knowledge and action within the regions in which they are held. They provide a means to review the learning and action on social determinants of health taking place, and use this to inform the policy and advocacy of the Commission.

Michael Marmot - Commission Chair
Frances Baum
Monique Bégin
Giovanni Berlinguer
Mirai Chatterjee
William Foege
Yan Guo
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Ricardo Lagos
Stephen Lewis
Alireza Marandi
Pascoal Mocumbi
Ndioro Ndiaye
Charity Ngilu
Hoda Rashad
Amartya Sen
David Satcher
Anna Tibaijuka
Denny Vågerö
Gail Wilensky

 

 

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