Social determinants of health: time for action
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Global action on social determinants of health.
702 Closing the gap in a generation is a rousing call. 1 Did the World Health Organiza-tion'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...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: South African Family Practice
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2078-6204,2078-6190
DOI: 10.4102/safp.v59i4.4732