Abstract
Bridging the global health gap.
Highlights
Well designed studies such as these are needed to act on inequalities—document them, monitor them, and prioritise limited resources to those most in need
Social groups still present substantially different levels of health indicators. Differences in fundamentals such as life expectancy, mortality, prevalence of diseases, or access to health services illustrate the persistent chasm between countries
Looking at mortality trends in South Africa over several years, Victoria Pillay-Van Wyk and colleagues show the influence of complex social factors on differentials in mortality within the country
Summary
Well designed studies such as these are needed to act on inequalities—document them, monitor them, and prioritise limited resources to those most in need. If there is one constant in the evolving global health agenda, it is the need to address disparities in health. The endpoint is the same: there are notable variations in health outcomes between population groups, and one of the goals of global health practitioners is to reduce them.
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