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Proposing a new indicator to assess health disparities: measuring inequalities in causes of death

International Journal of Epidemiology Blog

Iñaki Permanyer and Júlia Almeida Calazans Policymakers and scholars are increasingly interested in monitoring and curbing health inequalities. Measuring how ‘similar’ or ‘dissimilar’ the different causes of death are can help us understand global health inequalities and patterns of mortality.

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Legal and Policy Assistance to Address Racial Health Equity

The Network for Public Health Law

We recognize that racial health inequities are created by a variety of factors that often linked to the social determinants of health and are also intersectional. We can assist with work that is at any stage of development. We have legal and policy expertise in these and other areas.

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IPH marks 25 years of shaping public health policy

Institute of Public Health

IPH Chief Executive Suzanne Costello said that while significant progress was made in key public health policy areas, such as tobacco control, since 1998, both jurisdictions continue to face shared public health challenges that could benefit from enhanced North-South cooperation.