title: Brazil calls for pact on social factors to improve health.
abstract: As host of the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health on 19-21 October 2011, Brazil has shown its commitment to tackling social factors to improve people's health and well-being. Minister of Health Alexandre Padilha talks to the WHO Bulletin about what his country has done in this respect and his hopes for the conference.
authors.forename: Alexandre
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Padilha
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D015981:Epidemiologic Factors; D006291:Health Policy; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors