[Alma Mata] UCL Global Health and IISH Symposium

[Nina Grant]

Dear All,

I am writing to invite you to the 5th UCL Global Health Symposium:
Global Health Equity and the Commission on Social Determinants of 
Health, to be held on 15 July 2008. This is a joint symposium with 
the UCL International Institute for Society and Health (IISH).

Addressing health inequalities that can be avoided or remedied is a
matter of social justice. 

This symposium will explore how inequalities in health within and
between countries are a significant feature of the global health 
scene and how health inequalities can be tackled by action on the 
underlying social determinants of health. 

The Commission on Social Determinants of Health was set up by the
World Health Organisation to collate global evidence, raise societal 
debate and recommend policies, with the goal of improving health and 
reducing health inequalities between groups. 

A major thrust of the commission is turning public-health knowledge
into political action. There is clear evidence that national policies 
make a difference, but these policies must not be confined to the 
healthcare system. 

How to address the conditions in which people grow, live and work has
relevance for law, political science, engineering, biomedicine, 
anthropology, economics and, indeed, most of the disciplines at UCL. 

SYMPOSIUM

Welcome: Professor Malcolm Grant, UCL President and Provost
Chair: Professor Anne Johnson, Director of UCL Institute for Global
Health and Head of the Division of Population Health Speaker: 
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Epidemiology & Public Health) 
Panel members: Professor David Price, UCL Vice-Provost (Research),
Professor Pascoe Pleasence (UCL Laws) and Dr Stanley Okolo (UCL 
Medical School)

Tuesday 15 July 2008, 5-6.30pm
Cruciform Lecture Theatre 1, Cruciform Building, Gower Street, London
WC1E 6BT 

Drinks will follow
There is no need to RSVP, however, you will need to print out and bring a 
copy of this invitation in order to gain access to the building. 

Find out more at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/global-health