The document summarizes the 2008 report from the Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The report calls for closing the health gap in a generation through action on the social determinants of health and reducing social injustices that negatively impact health. It provides recommendations like improving daily living conditions, tackling inequitable distribution of power/resources, and monitoring/researching social determinants. The report concludes that reducing inequities in social determinants can deliberately reduce deaths on a grand scale, though closing the health gap within a generation is an ambitious goal that requires long-term commitment.

1. Overview: Executive
Summary of the Report-2008
(Commission on Social Determinants of Health
2005)

2. Overview of Presentation
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Brief introduction
Brainstorming and photos observation
Recommendations of commission
Conclusion
Freelance observation

3. In 2005
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2008
Report

4. A new global agenda for Health
Equity……???????
Reduce social injustice and unfairness
on social determinants of health.

5. The commission calls forclosing the health gap in a generation.
How?
Health equity through action on
The social determinants of health

6. Brainstorming

7. Observe some pictures
COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

8. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

9. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

10. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

11. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

12. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

13. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

14. COURTESY: WHO’S COMMISSION ON SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

15. Your comments on pictures?
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16. Why Commission??
• For proposing recommendations to solve the
problems/issues.

17. Recommendations
1. Improve Daily Living Conditions
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Equity from the start
Healthy places healthy people
Fair employment and decent work
Social protection across the life-course
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Universal health care

18. Recommendations /Guiding statements cont..
Recommendations /Guiding statements cont..
2. Tackle the Inequitable Distribution of
Power, Money, and Resources
– Health equity in all policies, systems, and
programmes
– Fair financing
– Market responsibility
– Gender equity
– Political empowerment –inclusion and voice
– Good global governance

19. Recommendations /Guiding statements cont..
3. Measure and Understand the Problem and
Assess the Impact of Action
– The Social Determinants of Health:
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Monitoring,
Research, and
Training

20. Is closing the health gap in a generation
feasible?
• Yes, but is long term agenda for change, start at
the beginning of life and acting through the
whole life-course with policy level change.
• Actors for Action– Multilateral agencies
– WHO
– National and local government

21. Conclusion of the report:
1. Reducing the inequities on social
determinants of health,
2. Deliberate social injustice is kill people on
grand scale.

22. Freelance observation
• Social justice is an inherent part of the human
being.
• Variation in health status of people, within
and between the countries.
• It indicates inequities in health.

23. Cont…
• “Achieving health equity within a generation
”, it is seen too ambitious.
• Call for WHO and all governments rather than
EDPS for limiting the inequities and social
injustice, is sustainable thought.

24. Thank You.
Floor is opened for discussion.