the focus on public policy and health equity is discussed in reference to the current global health policy discussion on universal health coverage (uhc). this initiative has strong commitment from the leadership of the international organizations involved, but a lack of policy clarity outside of the health financing component may limit the initiative’s impact on health inequity. in order to add...

The health care reform debate of 1993-1994 revealed widespread recog nition that our nation’s health care system has significant problems. These problems did not end with the debate’s end in the 103d Congress. We therefore have no choice but to try again. Our new effort will reflect not only values and policy judgments but also political lessons from our recent experience. In this paper we argu...

In 1978, the Alma-Ata Declaration established a bold plan for global health action and social justice, identifying primary health care as the lynchpin for achieving health for all.1 Several years later, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, responding to growing health challenges within industrialized societies, formally recognized underlying determinants as an integrated and vital part of h...