Address social and economic determinants and include health in all policies
"The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, including the health system. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels, which are themselves influenced by policy choices. The social determinants of health are mostly responsible for health inequities - the unfair and avoidable differences in health status seen within and between countries." (WHO)
Thank you, Chair, for the opportunity to address the Assembly on behalf of Medicus Mundi International and the People's Health Movement.
The NCDs (= Noncommunicable Diseases) initiative is too
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Campaign/Advocacy
Network: MMI
"Urgently required actions by member states and WHO on the key areas:
Implement equity-based social protection systems and maintain and develop effective publicly provided and publicly
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Conference Report
MM Switzerland
Basel, 9 November 2010. The developing countries are faced with a crisis on two fronts: food prices skyrocketed in 2007/2008 and the food situation has deteriorated once more as a result of the
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New York, 20-22 September 2010. "With only five years left until the 2015 deadline to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to
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The issue no. 114 (November 2009) of the Bulletin of Medicus Mundi Switzerland is a collection of contributions in English and German on Climate Change as a political challenge and its
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Resource/Tool
Network: MMI
"Our thematic guide to internet resources leads you beyond the limits
of the Medicus Mundi International Network. Any important resources missing? Please let us know."
> Thematic guide
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