Sök artiklar i SveMed+

Tidskrift

Sammanfattning

Global health inequalities are appallingly large and the world community must rise to the challenge. The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) gave an old idea a new and sharper formulation: The social conditions under which we grow up, work, live and age are prime determinants of health. Globally, nationally and locally. At the very first meeting of the CSDH, in Santiago, the following question was already in focus: How do we make sure that this idea and our recommendations should be taken seriously and have a chance to be implemented. Present and historical experience suggests that a social movement is crucial. A series of health commissions, from Santiago to Malmö, can be seen as a long march through the institutions, inspiring and at the same time being feed by a larger social movement, which is both local and global in character. Malmö is now inspiring a larger movement in Sweden, which has now touched the national government.

MeSH