Analysing implementer narratives on addressing health inequity through convergent action on the social determinants of health in India Devaki Nambiar1*, Arundati Muralidharan1, Samir Garg2, Nayreen Daruwalla3 and Prathibha Ganesan1 1 Public Health Foundation of India,...
Prioritizing action on health inequities in cities: An evaluation of Urban Health Equity Assessment and Response Tool (Urban HEART) in 15 cities from Asia and Africa Amit Prasad et al Social Science and Medicine Abstract Following the recommendations of the Commission...
Prof.V.R Muraleedharan IIT Chennai The importance of research in “health equity” to policy-making process cannot be exaggerated. As a response to the Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (2008), the WHO has been making efforts to support research...
Abstract Taking population level action on the wider social determinants of health in efforts to reduce health inequities is an international public health imperative. However, an important barrier to action is the perceived lack of evidence about what works to reduce...
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: Achieving health equity is a pertinent need of the developing health systems. Though policy process is crucial for planning and attaining health equity, the existing evidences on policy processes are scanty in this regard. This article...
