The European Commission has unveiled its new ten-year economic plan to boost growth and jobs. The so-called "Europe 2020" proposals include calls for more to be done to tackle social and economic inequalities. “A major effort will be needed to combat poverty and social exclusion and ...

The European Commission has called for greater consideration of the health impacts of different policies to ensure better use of public funds. Large amounts of public money are current being spent to treat avoidable illness and disease, an average of 9% of GDP per country in the ...

A new report has called for greater investment in early childhood development to tackle the persistent problem of health inequalities in England. The scale of the problem is such that people in poorer parts of England have shorter lives and experience up to 17 more years in ...

Most people in Europe are unhappy with the way inequalities are dealt with, a new survey has found. Fifteen per cent of citizens feel that current measures to tackle inequalities are “very bad”. Furthermore, only 2 per cent of people think that “very good” work is ...

The WHO is urgently looking for innovative medical devices to help tackle current global health concerns.The technologies may already exist or may be under development, and should be accessible, appropriate and affordable for use in low- and middle-income countries.The call ...