Report: The Gap – Notes on the IS Global Think Tank on Inequity and Global Health

Report: The Gap – Notes on the IS Global Think Tank on Inequity and Global Health
Barcelona Institute of Global Health
8 July 2014 24 pages
Excerpts
…This paper is ISGlobal’s first attempt to define a position and a work agenda for inequity and global health. In it we outline our reflections on the subject, the questions we are asking ourselves, and the direction of our programme of work in this area. The paper is in part based on the content of the seminar Building a Global Health Social Contract for the 21st Century held in Barcelona in November 2013…
…In the coming months, the world will witness an intense debate about inequity and the best strategy for combating poverty after 2015. The right of millions of people to basic health care is one of the keystones of this debate….