Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper Series:

From: 

Ruggiero, Mrs. Ana Lucia

WHO Social Determinants of Health Discussion Paper Series:

Debates, Policy & Practice, Case Studies

Edited by the World Health Organization, Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights
(Social Determinants of Health)

The Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights of WHO is pleased to announce the launch of 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 to improve health equity. Papers will also include reviews of country experiences.

The first set of papers can now be downloaded:

No 1.Action on the Social Determinants of Health: learning from previous experiences

pdf available at: http://bit.ly/i6yU3w

No 2. A Conceptual Framework for Action on the Social Determinants of Health

pdf available at: http://bit.ly/hhFPdW

No 3. Monitoring Social Well-being to Support Policies on the Social Determinants of Health:
the case of New Zealand's "Social Reports/Te Purongo Oranga Tangata"

pdf available at: http://bit.ly/eadqns

The Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights is currently working on a second set of papers, to be published immediately prior to the:
World Conference on Social Determinants of Health Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 19-21 October 2011
Website: http://bit.ly/edL4Ts  Conference Programme Tentative outline:http://bit.ly/i4VYMC

These will discuss how the intersectoral practices necessary for promoting health equity pose challenges to public health, and to policy-makers across government, and will propose ways to overcome these challenges.
More on ETH SDH publications: http://bit.ly/hAA19R