The European Commission published a brochure providing updated information on health inequalities between and within the Member States of the European Union. It reviews several health inequality items (especially life expectancy) and explores the role of health determinants with a specific focus ...

An Informal Meeting of Ministers of Health, one of the major events related to the development of EU policy in the field of health, takes place in Sopot (Poland) on 5-6th July. ECDC Director Marc Sprenger gave a speech presenting evidence of health ...

The London Health Commission published a report providing an overview of current health inequalities in London, both in terms of health outcomes and also in relation to key indicators for the wider social determinants of health. It is intended to illustrate the current situation ...

A new report shows that poorer women from most disadvantaged areas in England are less likely to survive breast cancer. Such women tend to be diagnosed later and miss out on most effective treatments. The All Breast Cancer Report, published by the National Cancer ...

WHO published a report related to social determinants approaches to public health. The health of a population is measured by the level of health and how this health isdistributed within the population. The WHO publication from early 2010, entitled Equity,social determinants and public ...