Sentences with phrase «health inequalities so»

Its head of science and ethics, Vivienne Nathanson, said: «There is no bottomless pit of resources to tackle health inequalities so it is essential that the government spends taxpayers» money wisely and on projects that will work.

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I think Jesus would have been against everything the GOP stands for from taking from the poor and giving to the rich, to denying millions health care, and thinking we live in a wonderful country when inequality is so out of control that we have millions unemployed, homeless, or living in poverty.

Huge inequalities are prevalent within each generation, with poverty and ill health rife even among the so - called lucky generation of baby - boomers: 1.8 million people over state pension age are currently living below the poverty line and three quarters of NHS clients are aged 65 and over.

«So much of our funding for children in adversity focuses on girls,» said Kathryn Whetten, director of the Center for Health Policy and Inequalities Research at the Duke Global Health Institute.

This report explored whether parenting behaviours also varied according to family circumstances, and if so whether differences in parenting offer an explanation for social inequalities in health.

Where health inequality and inequality of opportunity exists, governments must identify appropriate health indicators with achievable benchmarks, so that the rate of progress can be monitored and assessed.

So what can we ascertain about the existing policy environment for addressing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality?

This is particularly so given the slow pace of progress that has been made in recent decades in reducing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health inequality and the opportunities that currently exist to address these issues in a coordinated, whole of government manner.

To that end we founded a Steering Committee to guide the development of the Campaign and worked with a coalition of 40 or so organisations all committed to bringing Indigenous health inequality to an end.