[PDF][PDF] Global action on social determinants of health

M Marmot - Bulletin of the world Health Organization, 2011 - SciELO Public Health
Bulletin of the World Health Organization Page 1 Bull World Health Organ 2011;89:702 |doi:10.2471/BLT.11.094862
702 Closing the gap in a generationis a rousing call.Did the World Health Organization’s
Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) really believe it to be possible?
Technically, certainly. Yes, there is a greater than 40-year spread in life expectancy among
countries and dramatic social gradients in health within countries. But the evidence suggests
that we can make great progress towards closing the health gap by improving, as the CSDH …