The World Health Organization and the Social Determinants of Health
1 December, 2008
In November I had the great pleasure of attending and speaking at an event organised by the Wellcome Trust Centre to discuss the Final Report of the WHO’s Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, more information here. The event was entitled ‘The World Health Organization and the Social Determinants of Health: Assessing Theory, Policy, and Practice’, the programme is available here.
My paper attempted to see whether there was anything good to come of the financial crisis for funding such a large-scale and redistributive vision as the CSDH Report. My sense is that there is. However, the fast-changing nature of events since October 2008 means that I haven’t got around to redrafting the paper yet. When I do I will post it here as well as here, where some of the other papers are already available.
The Report is well-worth reading.
