How health systems can address inequities in priority public health conditions:
the example of tuberculosis
Available online as PDF [32p.] at: http://bit.ly/cHgRnT
“….The Priority Public Health Conditions Knowledge Network of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health identified TB as a priority public health condition because it represents a large aggregate burden of disease, exhibits significant disparities across and within populations and affects certain groups disproportionately.Current patterns of inequity also favour the continued prevalence of TB.
This briefing merges two fields of analysis:
1. research on the social determinants of priority public health conditions, using TB as an example, for improved health equity; and
2. analysis on how a health-systems-strengthening approach can contribute to more effective programme delivery and health outcomes.…”
Content
Executive summary
Introduction
TB in the European Region
National TB programmes, social determinants, and health systems
The social determinants of TB
Socioeconomic position
Differential exposure to upstream risk factors
Differential exposure to mid- and downstream risk factors
Differential vulnerability
Differential health outcomes
Differential consequences
Policy implications
Universal social protection systems, including social health protection
Enhanced PHC approach and health care financing and organization
Intersectoral action for health
Social empowerment and respectful treatment
Priorities for future research
Bibliography and references
Bibliography
References
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