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Ideation Caravan by Borwornsom Leerapan (Cohort 2018)
(The Equity Initiative, 2022-01-23)
Building Equitable and Resilient Health Systems: A Systems Thinking Perspective From Personal to Systems Resilience -
Ideation Caravan By Pham Kieu Oanh (Cohort 2016)
(The Equity Initiative, 2022-01-23) -
Ideation Caravan by Rennta (Cohort 2019)
(The Equity Initiative, 2022-01-23)
REKAN (Community Health Volunteers) for Elderly Innitiative Capacity Building for Community Health Volunters to Promote Well-Being for the Elderly During COVID-19 Pandemic in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. -
Improving equity in health by addressing social determinants
(World Health Organization, 2011)
This recently published book highlights actions to improve health equity based on findings from the nine global Knowledge Networks that were established during the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health. Their task was to synthesize existing evidence and identify effective and appropriate actions to improve health equity in nine thematic areas: - globalization; - gender; - social exclusion; - early child development; - urban settings; - employment conditions; - health systems; - public health programs; and - measurement and evidence. ... -
In Cambodia, China feels the extent, and limits, of its growing power
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Income Inequality and Outcomes in Heart Failure
(2019)
OBJECTIVES This study examined the relationship between income inequality and heart failure outcomes. BACKGROUND The income inequality hypothesis postulates that population health is influenced by income distribution within a society, with greater inequality associated with worse outcomes. METHODS This study analyzed heart failure outcomes in 2 large trials conducted in 54 countries. Countries were divided by tertiles of Gini coefficients (where 0% represented absolute income equality and 100% represented absolute income inequality), and heart ... -
Income inequality and schizophrenia: Increased schizophrenia incidence in countries with high levels of income inequality
(2014-03)
Background—Income inequality is associated with numerous negative health outcomes. There is evidence that ecological level socio-environmental factors may increase risk for schizophrenia. Aims—The aim was to investigate whether measures of income inequality are associated with incidence of schizophrenia at the country level. Method—We conducted a systematic review of incidence rates for schizophrenia, reported between 1975 and 2011. For each country, national measures of income inequality (Gini coefficient) along with covariate risk factors for ... -
Income Inequality in ASEAN: Perceptions on Regional Stability from Indonesia and the Philippines
Income inequality has been a growing concern since Global Financial Crisis. But how do regional institutions contribute to the debate on income equality? ASEAN’s normative framework is underpinned by the principle of non-interference while ASEAN has a mandate to establish an equitable economic community post 2015. This study examines if regional income inequality is considered a regional problem, and if so, is the concern significant enough to overcome the principle of non-interference allowing ASEAN to play a greater role in policy formation. ... -
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Indigenous health part 2: the underlying causes of the health gap
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Inequality and inequity in access to health care and treatment for chronic conditions in China: the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study
(2013)
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are a large and rapidly-growing problem in China and other middle-income countries. Clinical treatment of NCDs is long-term and expensive, so it may present particular problems for equality and horizontal equity (equal treatment for equal need) in access to health care, although little is known about this at present in low- and middle-income countries. To address this gap, and inform policy for a substantial proportion of the global population, we examined inequality and inequity in general health care utilization ... -
Inequality in Asia and the Pacific in the era of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
(United Nations, 2018)
This publication reviews the region's inequality trends, challenges and achievements and identifies policy gaps across the three dimensions of inequality--inequality of outcome, inequality of opportunity and inequality of impact. It also discusses the potential impact of rapid and disruptive technological advances, such as machine learning, and puts forward a broad set of policy recommendations for reducing all forms of inequality for the effective implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its core tenant of "leaving no ... -
Inequality in China
(Oxford University Press, 2014-10-30)
This paper provides an overview of research on income inequality in China over the period of economic reform. It presents the results of two main sources of evidence on income inequality and, assisted by various decompositions, explains the reasons income inequality has increased rapidly and the Gini coefficient is now almost 0.5. This paper evaluates the degree of income inequality from the perspectives of people’s subjective well-being and government concerns. It poses the following question: has income inequality peaked? It also discusses the ... -
Inequality in geographical distribution of hospitals and hospital beds in densely populated metropolitan cities of Iran
(BMC Health Serv Res, 2019-12)
Background: This study aims to assess geographical distribution of hospitals and extent of inequalities in hospital beds against socioeconomic status (SES) of residents of five metropolitan cities in Iran. Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted to measure geographical inequality in hospital and hospital bed distributions of 68 districts in five metropolitan cities during 2016 using geographic information system (GIS), and Gini and Concentration indices. Correlation analysis was performed to show the relationship between the SES and ... -
Intersectionality
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INTERSECTIONALITY 101
(Institute for Intersectionality Research and Policy)
Interest in and applications of intersectionality have grown exponentially in popularity over the last 15 years. Scholars across the globe from a variety of disciplines, including sociology, political science, health sciences, geography, philosophy and anthropology, as well as in feminist studies, ethnic studies, queer studies and legal studies, have drawn on intersectionality to challenge inequities and promote social justice. This practice has also extended to policy makers, human rights activists and community organizers search - ing ... -
Intersectionality and health-related stigma: insights from experiences of people living with stigmatized health conditions in Indonesia
(International Journal for Equity in Health, 2020-12)
Abstract Background Health-related stigma is a complex phenomenon, the experience of which intersects with those of other adversities arising from a diversity of social inequalities and oppressive identities like gender, sexuality, and poverty – a concept called “intersectionality”. Understanding this intersectionality between health-related stigma and other forms of social marginalization can provide a fuller and more comprehensive picture of stigma associated with health conditions. The main objective ... -
Intersectionality: Multiple Inequalities in Social Theory
(SAGE Journal, 2012-04)
The concept of intersectionality is reviewed and further developed for more effective use. Six dilemmas in the debates on the concept are disentangled, addressed and resolved: the distinction between structural and political intersectionality; the tension between ‘categories’ and ‘inequalities’; the significance of class; the balance between a fluidity and stability; the varyingly competitive, cooperative, hierarchical and hegemonic relations between inequalities and between projects; and the conundrum of ‘visibility’ in the tension between the ... -
Interview with Global Health Crusader Dr. Joanne Liu
(The Equity Initiative, 2022-01-22)
Interview with Global Health Crusader - Dr. Joanne Liu Former International President of MSF; A professor at the McGill University’s School of Population and Global Health - Pandemic & Health Emergencies Interviewer: Duong Hoang Quyen -
Is There a Southeast Asian Development Model?
(Department of International Economic Policy Institute for Economic Research University of Freiburg, 2014)
The 10 states of Southeast Asia have combined to form the developing world’s most successful and durable regional grouping, the Association of Southeast Asian Na-tions, ASEAN. Economic integration among them is high and increasing. The ambi-tious ASEAN Economic Community is scheduled to take effect from December 2015, and should further accelerate this integration. But the socio-economic and institution-al disparities among them are also very large. This paper therefore asks the ques-tion, does it make sense to contemplate a ‘Southeast Asian ...