THE HEALTH GAP: Health Equity is a matter of social justice and human rights

The School of Public Health will host the Inaugural Annual Lecture on Health Equity.

Sir Michael Marmot, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London will deliver the keynote address. He will argue that social injustice is the greatest threat to global health and demonstrate that physical conditions (heart/lung disease and mental illness) are linked to social disadvantage.

He will advocate radical change in the way we think about health and society and encourage stakeholders to address the societal imbalances that compromise health equity. The lecture is established as part of the Sheiham Family/Wits Programme on Social Determinants of Health and Health Inequality.

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