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UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Fair Health: Health Inequities Within and Between Countries – A Global Challenge
- Hosted by:
- University College London
- Speaker:
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Professor Sir Michael Marmot, UCL Epidemiology & Public Health
- Starts:
- November 27, 2007 at 01:15 pm
- Ends:
- November 27, 2007 at 02:00 pm
- Location:
- University College London, Darwin Lecture Theatre, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
The 20th century has seen impressive gains in health and life expectancy in many parts of the world – but these improvements are unequally distributed. In every country, poor people and those from socially disadvantaged groups get sicker and die sooner than people in more privileged social positions. Not only is there a gap in health between the best-off and the worst-off in society, there is a gradient in health running between them. This gradient can be linked clearly to social and economic conditions. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by the World Health Organisation to collate global evidence, raise societal debate and recommend policies with the goal of improving the health of the world’s most vulnerable people. This lecture will review the compelling case for action.
- Registration required:
- No
- Free:
- Yes
Additional information
Free without a ticket. No need to book. Open to staff, students and the general public.
For more information
- Contact person:
- Eda Pierce, Events Manager, UCL Events Team
- Phone:
- 020 7679 2647
- Email:
- events [ at ] ucl.ac.uk
- Website:
- UCL Lunch Hour Lecture: Fair Health: Health Inequities Within and Between Countries – A Global Challenge
