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  Priorities for research to take forward the health equity policy agenda

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2005

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, outlines how health research needs to focus on promoting health equity. It argues that research and interventions focus only on the technical, clinical or financial dimensions of health interventions and systems and lose sight of the structural (political and economic) and social dimensions.
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  Accelerating progress towards achieving the MDG to improve maternal health: a collection of promising approaches

  Health, Nutrition and Population Division, Human Development Department, World Bank, 2005

  This discussion paper, produced by the World Bank Health, Nutrition, and Population department, examines some approaches that have been used to improve maternal health around the world, drawing on field research and practice.
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  The Global Fund Secretariat’s suspension of funding to Uganda: how could this have been avoided?

  Bulletin of the World Health Organization : the International Journal of Public Health, 2006

  This article, from the Bulletin of the World Health Organization, argues that the suspension of funding to Uganda from the Global Fund could have been avoided. The article outlines how the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund) suspended five grants to Uganda following an audit report that exposed gross mismanagement in the Project Management Unit.
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  Social determinants of health: present status, unanswered questions, and future directions

  York University, Canada, 2005

  This article, published by York University, Canada, reviews the current status of theory and research concerning the social determinants of health, and considers gaps in current knowledge.
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  Health inequities in Brazil: our most serious disease

  Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO, 2006

  This document, presented at the launch of the Brazilian National Commission on Social Determinants of Health (NCSDH), outlines the relationships between social factors and health in Brazil, and explains how the new Commission intends to combat inequality in health.
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  A billion voices: listening and responding to the health needs of slum dwellers and informal settlers in new urban settings

  Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO, 2005

  This paper, published by the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health, examines the ways in which living in an urban slum, combined with poverty, can lead to ill health. It reports that women are particularly affected by health problems in slums, as they tend to stay home more, and are more vulnerable to violence and crime.
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  Social determinants of health: the solid facts (second edition)

  World Health Organization, 2003

  This World Health Organization (WHO) publication outlines the most important ways in which people’s social environment influences their health, and considers the implications for public policy. Topics covered include the effects of poverty, drugs, working conditions, unemployment, social support, good food, and transport policy.
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  Analytic and strategic review paper: international perspectives on early child development

  Commission on Social Determinants of Health, WHO, 2005

  This paper, published by the World Health Organization Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, focuses on early child development and education (ECD) as a determinant of health. It describes three sets of factors that influence ECD. The first set, factors within the family, includes stimulation, support, and nurture.
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  The Commission on Social Determinants of Health: tackling the social roots of health inequalities

  Public Library of Science Medicine, 2006

  This article, published in PLoS Medicine, provides a background on the World Health Organization Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), established in March 2005, and considers the challenges facing it. It notes that, despite unprecedented global wealth and technological progress, health equity gaps are growing.
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  Social determinants of health inequalities

  The Lancet, 2005

  This Lancet article examines the social factors at the roots of inequalities in health status, and provides an introduction to the new World Health Organization (WHO) Commission on Social Determinants of Health. The author argues that relief of material deprivation is not simply a technical matter of providing clean water or better medical care.

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