The Commission on Social Determinants of Health: Tackling the Social Roots of Health Inequities
Open Access
- 23 May 2006
- journal article
- health in-action
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 3 (6) , e106
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030106
Abstract
The goal of the commission, launched in March 2005, is to strengthen health equity by catalysing policy and institutional change to address the social determinants of health.Keywords
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