- Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review
- Health Equity in England: Marmot Review 10 Years On
- Launch of The Commission on Social Determinants of Health for the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region
- UCL IHE is partnering with the Chinese University of Hong Kong Institute of Health Equity for a 5 year collaboration.
- Just Societies: Health Equity and Dignified Lives
- Working Toward Health Equity
- Action on the Social Determinants of Health
- Monitoring and Evaluating Progress
- Promoting What Works
Health inequity and the effects of COVID‑19 (2020)
To support countries throughout their recovery and transition from COVID 19, the WHO Regional Office for Europe, have issued a publication by their Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice, Italy, that sets out an agenda for building a better future by:
(i) identifying some of the key social and economic impacts of COVID 19 and its containment measures
(ii) proposing mitigation measures that can be taken to reduce these negative impacts. Building a better future from COVID 19 requires policies and interventions that reduce inequities, address vulnerabilities first and leave no one behind.
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January 2021 ARTICLE: Read the artcle entitled 'COVID-19 related health inequality exists even in a city where disease incidence is relatively low: a telephone survey in Hong Kong' - co-authored by Roger Yat-Nork Chung, Gary Ka-Ki Chung, Michael Marmot, Jessica Allen et al.
December 2020 ARTICLE: Read the article entitled 'Ethnic-minority groups in England and Wales—factors associated with the size and timing of elevated COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective cohort study linking census and death records' - co-authored by Daniel Ayoubkhani, Vahe Nafilyan, Chris White, Peter Goldblatt et al.
December 2020 YOUTUBE VIDEO: View the 'Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review' Webinar on Youtube.
December 2020 PRESS RELEASE: Read the press release and the 'Build Back Fairer: The COVID-19 Marmot Review' report.
November 2020 ARTICLE: Read the BMJ article entitled 'Family health strategy and health equity among older adults' - Marciane Kessler et al.
November 2020 ARTICLE: 'Covid-19 has shone a light on racial disparities in health' - The Economist
November 2020 ARTICLE: 'Sustainable health equity: achieving a net-zero UK' - Alice Munroe, Tammy Boyce, Michael Marmot
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November 2020 REPORT: Read the latest UCL IHE report on 'Sustainable Health Equity: Achieving a Net-Zero UK' - Alice Munro, Tammy Boyce, Michael Marmot
Read the report and Press Release
October 2020 NEWS: 'Life expectancy a up to decade longer in Coventry's richest communities' - Tom Davis, Coventry Telegraph
October 2020 ARTICLE: 'RCP joins with nearly 80 organisations to call for action on health inequalities' - Royal College of Physicians
October 2020 NEWS: Read the Royal College of Physicians blog post entitled 'Health inequalities, COVID-19 and healthcare professionals' - Professor Sir Michael Marmot.
October 2020 ARTICLE: Read the BMJ journal paper entitled 'Cardiovascular disease recurrence and long-term mortality in a tri-ethnic British cohort' by Manav Vyas et al.
September 2020 ARTICLE: 'Analysis: Coronavirus - what researchers know about the risk of reopening schools' - My Science, Professor Sir Michael Marmot
September 2020 NEWS: 'New Zealand must match its 'in this together' Covid rhetoric with action on basic services' - Max Harris, The Guardian
August 2020 ARTICLE: Ethnic minority groups in England and Wales - factors affecting the size and timing of elevated COVID-19 mortality: a retrospective cohort study linking Census and death records - co-authored by Daniel Ayoubkhani, Vahé Nafilyan, Chris White, Peter Goldblatt, et al.
August 2020 NEWS: Why did England have Europe's worst Covid figures? The answer starts with austerity - Professor Sir Michael Marmot
July 2020 NEWS: Earlier lockdown could have saved lives of London bus drivers, says report - Sarah Boseley, The Guardian
July 2020 PRESS RELEASE: Read the press release and report on the London Bus Drivers Review - IHE
July 2020 COMMENTARY: Read the BMJ commentary 'COVID-19: exposing and amplifying inequalities' - by Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen
June 2020 ARTICLE: Read the article on the 'Effects of a School Based Intervention on Children’s Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: A Mixed-Methods Study' by Matluba Khan and Ruth Bell.
June 2020 PRESS RELEASE: Read the latest press release from our partners at The Chinese University of Hong Kong Institute of Health Equity (CUHK IHE)
June 2020 UPDATE: The IHE takes part in an EC funded Horizon 2020 project known as Cities-4-People (C4P). The collaboration 'brings together a multidisciplinary consortium of thirteen different project partners', to inform the creation of 'sustaininable and equitable improvements to the transport and mobility environment in five European cities'.
May 2020 NEWS: 'Coronavirus: London bus driver deaths to be reviewed' - BBC
May 2020 NEWS: London bus driver deaths to be examined in coronavirus study - Evening Standard
May 2020 COMMENT: Ethnicity and mortality from COVID 19 comment - IHE
May 2020 NEWS: Poverty kills people: after coronavirus we can no longer ignore it - The Guardian
May 2020 NEWS: Coronavirus latest: Britain's lack of preparedness for tackling Covid-19 crisis linked to austerity, health expert says - iNews
May 2020 ARTICLE: The Art of Medicine - Society and the slow burn of inequality The Lancet
April 2020 PRESENTATION: UCL Marmot Prince Mahidol Fellow, Dr Francisca Roman co-authored conference presentation delivered at the 45th Annual Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium of the Kettil Bruun Society (KBS) in June 2019, entitled 'How does area-level education relate to young people's drinking patterns in Chile? Findings from a national population substance use survey'.
April 2020 MEDIA COVERAGE: The Launch of Health Equity in England: The Marmot Review 10 Years On Media Coverage Report - (from 23rd February to 21st April 2020)
March 2020 ANNOUNCEMENT: UCL IHE is partnering with The Chinese University of Hong Kong Institute of Health Equity (CUHK IHE) for a 5 year collaboration
March 2020 NEWS: Tackle climate crisis and poverty with zeal of Covid-19 fight, scientists urge - The Guardian
Feb 2020 NEWS: Taking urgent action on health inequities - The Lancet
Feb 2020 ARTICLE: Health equity in England: the Marmot review 10 years on - BMJ
Feb 2020 NEWS: Austerity blamed for life expectancy stalling for first time in century - The Guardian
Dec 2019 PUBLICATION/BRIEFING: Seasonal Effects on Stalling Mortality in England
This note presents an estimate of the proportion of the slowdown associated with seasonal factors.
Nov 2019 PUBLICATION: Ten Lessons for Good Practice for the INHERIT Triple Win: Health, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability.
The research reported in this paper describes important lessons for good practice in changing contexts to modify behaviours for a triple win for health, equity and environmental sustainability.
Nov 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT: WHO establishes Commission on Social Determinants of Health for the Eastern Mediterranean Region.
The Commission is jointly being convened by WHO/EMRO, the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research (AHPSR) and the Institute for Health Equity at the University College London (IHE/UCL).
Nov 2019 NEWS: Making fantasy reality: five minutes with . . . Michael Marmot - BMJ
Nov 2019 PUBLICATION: The INHERIT consortium launch policy briefs. Providing policy guidance on three critical areas at the heart of sustainable change - integrated governance, behaviour change and health equity.
Oct 2019 PUBLICATION: Just Societies: Health Equity and Dignified Lives - Final report of the Commission of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
May 2019 ANNOUNCEMENT: Greater Manchester - A Marmot City Region. Greater Manchester and IHE agree a collaboration and programme of work for 2019-20.
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