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Promoting Equity in Health

Derek Yach, MBChB, MPH, BSc Hons (Epid)

The World Health Organisation, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Marianne Skov Jensen, RGN, MA

The World Health Organisation, 20 avenue Appia, 1211 Geneva 27, Switzerland

Alison Norris, BA

Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, USA

Tim Evans, MD, D.Phil.

Rockefeller Foundation, 420 Fifth Avenue, New York, USA

There is evidence that widening income gaps are a global phenomenon; that in many advanced industrialised countries unemployment rates are rising; that globalisation of the world economy has led to several countries becoming marginalised with a concomitant increase in poverty; and that the absolute number of poor has steadily increased over the last decade. All of these phenomena emphasise the need to focus on equity as a global concern.

Promotion & Education, Vol. 5, No. 2, 7-13 (1998)
DOI: 10.1177/102538239800500204
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