Wednesday, April 29, 2009

[EQ] UK Equality Bill

Equality Bill

UK Government Equalities Office (GEO)

 

On Friday 24th April 2009 the Equality Bill was introduced in the House of Commons and it was published on Monday 27th April.

Please see below for more information, documents and relevant downloads:

·         The Equality Bill and Explanatory Notes (Links to external site.)

·         A Fairer Future- The Equality Bill and other action to make equality a reality

·         Impact Assessment

·         Equality Impact Assessment

·         Easy Read

·         Assessing the Impact of a Multiple Discrimination Provision

Equality Bill 2008-09

Government Bill introduced by Ms Harriet Harman, Government Equalities Office

 

Summary of the Bill;

“……….Make provision to require Ministers of the Crown and others when making strategic decisions about the exercise of their functions to have regard to the desirability of reducing socio-economic inequalities; to reform and harmonise equality law and restate the greater part of the enactments relating to discrimination and harassment related to certain personal characteristics; to enable certain employers to be required to publish information about the differences in pay between male and female employees; to prohibit victimisation in certain circumstances; to require the exercise of certain functions to be with regard to the need to eliminate discrimination and other prohibited conduct; to enable duties to be imposed in relation to the exercise of public procurement functions; to increase equality of opportunity; and for connected purposes….”   http://www.parliament.uk/

 

A Fairer Future

The Equality Bill and other action to make equality a reality


Government Equalities Office London April 2009

Part One: Overview of the Equality Bill

Why we need the Equality Bill  What the Equality Bill will do
1. Socio-economic Duty  2. Equality Duty  3. Public procurement  4. Banning age discrimination  5. Gender pay and equality reports

6. Positive action  7. Employment tribunals  8. Protecting carers  9. Protecting breastfeeding mothers  10. Private members’ clubs

11. Protecting disabled people  Next steps Where the Equality Bill will apply

 

Part Two: What the Equality Bill means for different people

Fairness for women  Fairness for people from ethnic minorities  Fairness for disabled people

Fairness for people of different religions or beliefs  Fairness for older people  Fairness for lesbian, gay and bisexual people  Fairness for transsexual people

What fairness means for the public sector  - What fairness means for the private sector

 

 

 

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[EQ] Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians

Teams in Action:

Primary Health Care Teams for Canadians 

 

Health Council of Canada – April 2009

 

Teams Should be “Standard of Care” for Canadians with Chronic Health Conditions

 

Available online PDF [57p.] at: http://www.healthcouncilcanada.ca/teamsinaction.pdf

 

As Canada’s health care system deals with an aging population, collaborative health care teams are an effective way to treat the increasing number of Canadians with chronic health conditions.

 

Collaborative team care is a significant shift in the way Canadians are receiving their primary health care. Many Canadians may not know that this type of health care service is available to them, but they should – both as taxpayers and people who use health care services.

 

 

 

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[EQ] The Millennium Development Goals Fail Poor Children: The Case for Equity-Adjusted Measures

The Millennium Development Goals Fail Poor Children: The Case for Equity-Adjusted Measures

 

Daniel D. Reidpath1*, Chantal M. Morel2, Jeffrey W. Mecaskey3, Pascale Allotey1

1 Centre for Public Health Research, Brunel University, Uxbridge, United Kingdom,
2 LSE Health, London School of Economics, London, United Kingdom,
3 Save the Children UK, London, United Kingdom

PLoS Med 6(4): e1000062. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1000062 - April 28, 2009

 

Available online at: http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1000062

 

“………..of the Millennium Declaration is to address the health and development needs of society's most vulnerable and least served [1]. Issues of equity form a key principle:

 

We recognize that, in addition to our separate responsibilities to our individual societies, we have a collective responsibility to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level. As leaders we have a duty therefore to all the world's people, especially the most vulnerable and, in particular, the children of the world, to whom the future belongs [1]….”

 

Summary Points

The Millennium Declaration is a statement of principles about the kind of future that world governments seek; a future that they envisage to be more equitable and more responsive to the socially most vulnerable.

 

The Millennium Development Goals represent the operational targets by which we may judge their actions.

 

The reduction of the U5MR by two-thirds by 2015 is one of the Millennium Development Goals (MDG4).

 

The reduction in U5MR can, however, be achieved through a diversity of policy interventions, some of which could leave the children of the poor worse off. A celebrated MDG4 success can, thus, be a Millennium Declaration failure.

 

Health policy informed by composite outcome measures that take account of both the U5MR and the distribution of the burden of mortality across social groups would help to overcome this.

 

Introduction

Exploring Equity, Equality, and U5MR

An Equity-Adjusted Measure

Conclusion

References

 

 

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Tuesday, April 28, 2009

[EQ] In Spanish: Health Policies and Plans in Latin America and The Caribbean

Relevantamiento de Planes y Políticas Nacionales de Salud:
Resultados e Implicaciones

 

 

Health Policies and Plans -  

 

There is a broad range of national health policy instruments currently being employed in the Americas; their diversity stems from different national political and policy processes in the countries of the Region. This section features official documents supporting national health priorities, goals, and targets; which include: national health policies, strategic health plans, and national consensus agreements on health, among others. As new official health policy documents become available, they will be added to this section. Those engaged in the design, analysis or implementation of health policies will find the material in this section a valuable source of information.

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01Dominica

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01Barbados

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paraguay.gifParaguay

belice.gifBelize

ecuador.gifEl Salvador

peru.gifPeru

bolivia.gifBolivia

01Grenada

01San Vincent and the Grenadines

brasil.gifBrazil

guatemala.gifGuatemala

suriname.gifSuriname

canada.gifCanada

guyana.gifGuyana

trinidadtobago.gifTrinidad and Tobago

chile.gifChile

haiti.gifHaiti

usa.gifUnited States

colombia.gifColombia

honduras.gifHonduras

venezuela.gifVenezuela

costarica.gifCosta Rica

jamaica.gifJamaica

 

cuba.gifCuba

mexico.gifMexico

 

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icon Health Agenda for the Americas 2008-2017

icon Agenda de Salud para las Américas 2008-2017

icon Agenda de Saúde para as Américas 2008-2017

icon Programme d'action sanitaire pour les Amériques 2008-2017

This PAHO/WHO position paper builds upon the legacy of Alma Ata and the PHC movement, distills lessons learned from PHC and health reform experiences, and proposes a set of key values, principles, and elements essential for building health systems based on PHC. It postulates that such systems are necessary to tackle the “unfinished health agenda” in the Americas.

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 icon Agenda de Salud de Centroamérica y República Dominicana 2009-2018

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icon Antigua and Barbuda (National Business Plan for Health, 2008 - 2010)




01Antigua and Barbuda : country information

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iconArgentina (Basis for the Federal Health Plan 2004-2007)
(spanish version only)

argentina.gifArgentina : country information

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icon Barbados (Strategic Plan for Health, 2002-2012)



01Barbados : country information

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icon Belize - (National Health Agenda 2007-2011)

 

belice.gifBelize : country information

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icon Bolivia (Bases del Plan Estratégico de Salud 2006 - 2010)

              

bolivia.gifBolivia : country information

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icon Brazil (Pactos Pela Saude 2006)
(portuguese version only)

 

brasil.gifBrazil : country information

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icon Canada (Plans and Priorities 2007-2008)

canada.gifCanada : country information

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icon Chile (Objetivos Sanitarios 2000-2010)

              

chile.gifChile : country information

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iconColombia (National Public Health Plan 2007-2010)
(spanish version only)

icon Colombia (Politica Nacional de Prestacion de Servicios de Salud - 2005)

 

colombia.gifColombia : country information

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iconCosta Rica (National Health Policy 2002-2006)
(spanish version only)

icon Costa Rica (Plan Estratégico Institucional 2008-2010)



costarica.gifCosta Rica : country information

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icon Cuba (Proyecciones de la Salud Publica para el 2015)


cuba.gifCuba : country information

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icon Dominica (Good Health: The Best Social Investment, 2002)



01Dominica : country information

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iconDominican Republic (National Strategic Agenda for Health Sector Reform 2005)
(spanish version only)

icon Republica Dominicana (Plan Decenal de Salud 2006-2015)

rep_dom.gifDominican Republic : country information

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icon Ecuador (Política de Salud y Derechos Sexuales y Reproductivos – 2007)

 

ecuador.gifEcuador : country information

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icon El Salvador (Politica Nacional de Salud 2008)

              

ecuador.gifEl Salvador : country information

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icon Grenada (National Strategic Plan for Health, 2007 - 2011)



01Grenada : country information

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Guatemala - Politicas Nacionales de Salud - Plan Nacional 2008 Guatemala - Politicas Nacionales de Salud - Plan Nacional 2008

 

guatemala.gifGuatemala : country information

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icon Guyana (National Health Plan 2003-2007)

 

guyana.gifGuyana : country information

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iconHaiti (Strategic Plan for Health Sector Reform – March 2004)

iconHaití (Plan Estratégico para la Reforma de Salud – Marzo 2004)

iconHaiti - Plan Stratégique du Secteur de la Santé pour la Réforme

haiti.gifHaiti : country information

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icon Honduras (Plan Nacional de Salud 2021)

  

honduras.gifHonduras : country information

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icon Jamaica - (National Health Policy 2006-2015 and Strategic Plan 2006-2010)

 

jamaica.gifJamaica : country information

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icon México (Programa Nacional de Salud 2007-2012)

icon Mexico (Programa Sectorial de Salud 2007-2012)

mexico.gifMexico : country information

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iconNicaragua (National Health Policy 2004-2015)
(spanish version only)

 

nicaragua.gifNicaragua : country information

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icon Panamá (Objetivos, Politicas, Lineamientos y Estrategias de Salud 2005-2009)


panama.gifPanama : country information

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icon Paraguay (Política Nacional de Salud 2005-2008)

             

paraguay.gifParaguay : country information

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icon Perú (Plan Nacional Concertado de Salud – Julio 2007)
icon Perú (Plan Estrategico Institucional 2008-11)
icon Perú (Plan Estrategico Sectorial Multianual 2008-11)
icon Perú (Ley de Aseguramiento Universal - 2009)



peru.gifPeru : country information

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icon St.Vincent and the Grenadines (Strategic Plan for Health 2007-2012)




01San Vincent and the Grenadines : country information

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icon Suriname (Health Sector Plan 2004-2008)

 

suriname.gifSuriname : country information

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icon Trinidad & Tobago (Vision 2020 Operational Plan 2007-2010)

 

trinidadtobago.gifTrinidad and Tobago : country information

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iconUnited States (Strategic Plan 2007-2012)

icon United States (Healthy People 2010)

usa.gifUnited States : country information

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icon Venezuela (Proyecto Nacional Simon Bolivar 2007-2013)

 

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Presentación organizada por
 Área de Sistemas y Servicios de Salud
OPS/OMS

Martes 28 de Abril 2009

Enlace a PDF file:
http://devserver.paho.org/equity/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=6&Itemid=157

ENLACE PARA PARTICIPANTES  – Via Internet:
https://sas.elluminate.com/p.jnlp?psid=2009-04-28.0720.M.EBE965B2CC7F87547426E17E6BA9E9.vcr

Lenguaje: Español

La documentación nacional recopilada en esta investigación se encuentra disponible (en pdf)
URL: http://www.lachealthsys.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=290&Itemid=352

 

 

Agenda

 


Bienvenida:
Pedro Brito Quintana,
Gerente de Área, Sistemas y Servicios de Salud. OPS/OMS

 

Presentaciones:

Rafael E. Flores, Consultor, Área de Sistemas y Servicios de Salud, OPS/OMS

Cristina Puentes-Markides, Asesora en Análisis de Políticas, Área de Sistemas y Servicios de Salud, OPS/OMS

 


Preguntas y respuestas:

Moderador:
Juan Manuel Sotelo,
Gerente de Área de Relaciones Externas,
Movilización de Recursos y Asociaciones OPS/OMS

 


Contacto:
Cristina Puentes –Markides
Asesora en Análisis de Políticas, Área de Sistemas y Servicios de Salud, OPS/OMS
(202)974-3218   puentesc@paho.org
 

 

 

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