Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health

Closing the gap in a generation: Health equity through action on the social determinants of health
Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of HealthCSDH August 2008 - Geneva, World Health Organization
“…..The Final Report of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health sets out key areas of daily living conditions and of the underlying structural drivers that influence them in which action is needed. It provides analysis of social determinants of health and concrete examples of types of action that have proven effective in improving health and health equity in countries at all levels of socioeconomic development.

http://www.who.int/entity/social_determinants/final_report/csdh_finalreport_2008.pdf

Executive summaryEnglish [pdf 5.34Mb]
http://www.who.int/entity/social_determinants/final_report/csdh_finalreport_2008_execsumm.pdf