ISSUE 41: MARCH-MAY 2006
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UNU-WIDER announces conference on health equity
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UNU World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) is calling for papers to be presented at its international conference on Advancing Health Equity to be held in Helsinki September 29-30.
The conference will bring together researchers and practitioners from both developed and developing countries to analyse the causes and consequences of health deprivation and inequality, examine patterns and trends in these outcomes, evaluate alternative policy options and identify future research directions.
Comparisons of lifestyles and living standards increasingly focus on the non-income dimensions of well-being. Health in particular is recognized for both its intrinsic and instrumental value, contributing directly to an individual’s level of well-being and indirectly through its impact on other components.
Substantial and widespread improvement in health outcomes has taken place during the past century. But despite this progress many individuals suffer health deprivation, with outcomes falling far short of those commonly accepted elsewhere.
Conference topics will include:
- concepts and measures of health status
- trends in health deprivation and inequality
- causes of health deprivation and inequality
- link between health and income deprivations
- labour market outcomes and health status
- nutrition and health
- intra-household issues in health
- evaluating alternative health policies
The conference is intended for researchers and policymakers from the academic, government, and development communities. Those wishing to present a paper should send a detailed abstract or a full draft to health06@wider.unu.edu by May 15.
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