[THIS IS EXTREMELY TIMELY - DR]

WHO sponsored Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Public
invitation to nominate Commissioners

Throughout the world, poor people and those from socially disadvantaged
groups get sicker and die sooner than people in more privileged social
positions. Income poverty is a powerful predictor of health outcomes, but
other social factors such as nutrition and diet, housing, education,
working conditions, rural vs. urban habitat and gender and ethnic
discrimination also determine people's chances to be healthy. Indeed,
science shows that social factors account for the bulk of the global burden
of disease and of health inequalities between and within countries.

To respond, WHO will launch a high-level Commission on Social Determinants
of Health which will assemble relevant evidence and, most important,
spearhead a political process to drive change. The Commission's overarching
goal is to increase vulnerable people's chances for a healthy life. It will
achieve this by identifying and promoting implementation of effective
policies on the social determinants of health in countries, at WHO, and
among global health actors. The Commission will emphasize turning public
health knowledge into political action.

See attached files -- that contain the actual document in various languages
-- at the PAHO EQUIDAD Archives at

http://listserv.paho.org/scripts/wa.exe?A2=ind0409&L=equidad&T=0&F=&S=&P=1177

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