The Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights of WHO launched a WHO publication series devoted to the social determinants of health.  The series will explore themes related to strategy, governance, tools and capacity building for addressing the social determinants of health ...

The « Institut National de Prevention et d’Education pour la Sante » (INPES) published a report on « How to reduce social inequalities in health? » where it underlines that all indicators show that social inequalities increase. Since its creation, INPES has been deeply involved in this ...

UNICEF published a report on the state of the world’s children 2011.  The arguments for investing in adolescence are fivefold. It is right in principle under existing human rights treaties including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ...

WHO published a report on “Rural poverty and health systems” where the organization studies the consequences of the financial crisis and economic downturn on rural poverty. The intersections between social determinants of health (education, employment, social protection) in disadvantaged areas are also observed. ...

Today, with the adoption of the report ‘Towards adequate, sustainable and safe European pension systems’ by the European Parliament, EuroHealthNet highlights that adequate income for a healthy life, including through retirement by provision of pension support, is important to ward off the threat ...