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Social determinants of health - WPRO
Introduction health is a universal human aspiration and a basic human need. The development of society, rich orpoor, can be judged by the quality of its population s health , how fairly health is distributed across thesocial spectrum, and the degree of protection provided from disadvantage due to ill- health . Healthequity is central to this premise. Strengthening health equity globally and within countries meansgoing beyond contemporary concentration on the immediate causes of disease to the causes of thecauses the fundamental structures of Social hierarchy and the socially determined conditions thesecreate in which people grow, live, work, and age. The time for action is now, not just because betterhealth makes economic sense, but because it is right and just .Professor Sir Michael Marmot,Interim Statement of the Commission on Social determinants of Health1 Human health is determined not only by contact with the microbes and toxins that directly causeillness or by organ system failures, but also by other biological and Social factors.
Social determinants of health 11 Table 2.2 Development and health indicators for 29 Asia Pacific countries, 2002 and 2003 Human GDP per Gini Life Infant
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