In this piece, we argued that without coordinated, sustained, large-scale investments in health equity & its social determinants, health & economic growth will not be realised.

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Kumanan Rasanathan Alliance for HPSR Sudhvir Singh Loyce Pace, MPH (she/her) 💉🌍 Vanessa Kerry, MD MSc Madhu Pai, MD, PhD

As WHO/Europe Venice Office turns 20,
Hans Kluge reminds us without Italy’s🇮🇹 support we’d lack evidence & decision-making tools countries need to invest in #HealthForAll , health equity & healthier societies.

Happening TODAY at 12:30PM on the Health Equity Network: Cold Homes and Health Webinar

Register: healthequitynetwork.co.uk

IHE has recently produced a report on Cold Homes with Friends of the Earth. Our speakers at today’s event are Mike Childs and lead author Dr. Angela Donkin.

Brilliant piece, Sam. At the end, George Osborne claims no one has changed his policies. He is acknowledging, correctly, that austerity continues. We can see its dire effects in the rise in child poverty, cold homes, and food insecurity; the shocking levels of destitution.

The BMJ gives a ready answer to the question: what are Marmot Places? bmj.com/content/384/bm…

Here Sir Michael Marmot lays out why Britain cannot move on from the Tories without properly facing up to the harm that they have caused: stalling life expectancy, particularly among women in England’s poorest communities—and widening inequalities.

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What can be done by local places in spite of swathing local authority budget cuts (which damage people's social circumstances and widen health gaps) and lack of central government commitment to reducing #healthinequalities Sir Michael Marmot

“Countries with higher rates of income #inequality have higher rates of death of #COVID19 , of AIDS deaths, and of #HIV infection.”

Sir Michael Marmot opening our #socialdeterminants Special Initiative meeting in Geneva.

Great to have representatives of 8 countries and partners…

Social injustice is still killing people on a grand scale. So many people and organisations, places, regions and countries working to change this. ⁦Sir Michael Marmot⁩ ⁦The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL⁩ ⁦Sudhvir Singh⁩

WHO have a renewed focus on the social determinants of health. This programme enters its second phase building on work with 8 countries from three regions and the World Report on the SDH coming soon. ⁦Sir Michael Marmot⁩ ⁦The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL⁩

Poverty is taking a heavy toll on the UK’s health and #NHS services, and tackling it should be as much of a priority as bringing down waiting lists, The King's Fund has said
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Do you feel you belong in your neighbourhood?

We've found that people who don't are four times more likely to experience poor mental health.

Explore our evidence on family, friends and community, among other factors that shape our health 👇
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“We can’t afford to write off thousands of our children” - it isn’t too late to act to repair the damage done to children by the pandemic. Whichever party wins the next election has a massive opportunity and responsibility to take action RCPCH Sir Michael Marmot Centre for Young Lives

🧵 New research finds parents on lower incomes face barriers to accessing and affording fruit, veg across the major UK retailers.

Our latest Kids Food Guarantee update assesses the price and nutritional profile of 70 of the lowest priced fruit and veg in seven main retailers.…

Britain isn't remotely keeping up with the Joneses (France/Germany) house building wise. Great chart of the week is courtesy of Jim Gleeson resolutionfoundation.org/comment/time-t…

And an effect of this miserable situation is increasing inequalities in child health.

🎙️ Ahead of #WSWD2024 Let's Talk Social Work podcast welcomed Sir Michael Marmot from The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL & BASW CEO Ruth Allen for an episode exploring the social determinants of health.

🎧 Listen on the links below!

Apple 👉 apple.co/3g7YcE0
Spotify 👉 spoti.fi/2QjefE6

A report from Prof Sir Sir Michael Marmot The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL for Friends of the Earth highlights how cold homes double the risk of adults developing new mental health conditions and put 1 in 4 children at risk of multiple symptoms, with nearly 10million households in crisis bit.ly/43afGpI

Panel discussion on the work of the Child Health Equity Collaborative, and the experiences of embedding child health equity at ICS level with our brilliant health champions and ICS leads working with The Michael Marmot Institute of Health Equity UCL, jessica allen & Barnardo's Health. #KFTimeForAction

Our recent work in Yorkshire and Manchester highlights the appalling housing conditions people are living in and that's why we are calling on the Government to properly resource the enforcement of housing standards in the private rented sector.