Section 2

• The WHO created the Commission on Social Health Determinants of Health to determine the most effective way to deal with SDHs by closing the health gap in a generation in a report called Closing the Gap in a Generation
• David Satcher states SDHs include social policies and social conditions that affect the way people are born, where they grow, where they live, where they learn, etc. We have to treat global health like we treat poverty and climate change
• If you are disempowered, you have no voice, if you are not organized like how our sisters were 40 years ago, then how can you be healthy
• The WHO proposed 3 ways of improving and closing health gaps in one generation:

  1. Improve Daily living conditions
  2. Address Inequalities in Power, Money, and Resources
  3. Measure and Understand the Problem and Assess the Impact of Action