title: [Closing the gap in a generation: health equity through action on the social determinants of health. A challenge for the international community].
abstract: The aim of this contribution is to present the Report of 'Commission on Social Determinants of Health' (Who) published in August 2008, 30th Alma Ata Conference anniversary. The Report highlights major inequalities in life expectancy and rates of disease between rich and poor within countries as well as among different parts of the world. The report makes wide ranging recommendations in order to 'close the gap in a generation', emphasizing action on living conditions, access to services, social support, information and research. We will discuss the echoes from the scientific and media world and their impact on national and global scale.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze di Sanità Pubblica G. Sanarelli, Sapienza Università di Roma. dotilla@libero.it
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Di Thiene
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marceca
mesh_terms: D003226:Congresses as Topic; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000639:trends; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D014943:Global Health; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006304:Health Status; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008429:Maternal Welfare; D011203:Poverty; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011634:Public Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000639:trends; D012935:Social Justice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014944:World Health Organization