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DRIVERS policy briefs to improve health equity through policy and practice

On March 11, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations
DRIVERS has published targeted policy briefs focused on early childhood, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection. They gather the latest evidence from the project, provide a synopsis of the issue, solutions, and opportunities to advocate. The briefs have been informed by the findings of work on advocacy for health equity, and are [...]
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European policy makers support DRIVERS solutions to tackle health inequalities

On February 8, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Early Childhood Development, Fair Employment, Final events, Income & Social Protection, policy recommendations, policy solutions
On Tuesday 3 February 2015, DRIVERS showcased its recommendations for improving health equity at its conference ‘Tackling societal challenges: solutions from DRIVERS for Health Equity’.
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“It is time to break the link between disadvantage & poor outcomes” – EV Healthcare features DRIVERS

On February 6, 2015 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Final events, policy recommendations, press coverage, project outcomes dissemination
From the 11th issue of EV Healthcare (05.02.2015): Pressure mounts for added focus on how social context impacts on health outcomes An ambitious call to improve Europeans' health by major shifts in social spending marked the conclusion of the EU-funded "Drivers for health equality" project in early February. "It is time to break the link between disadvantage [...]
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Important stakeholders provide valuable input and feedback to DRIVERS’ policy recommendations

On November 9, 2014 · Add Comment • Tagged With: Draft agenda 'tackling societal challenges: solutions from DRIVERS for Health Equity', DRIVERS event at the European Parliament, Final events, policy recommendations, project outcomes dissemination
A working seminar entitled “DRIVERS recommendations for equity and well-being” was held on Thursday 23 October 2014 in Brussels. It brought together several DRIVERS partners and important stakeholders working on key determinants of health: early childhood development, employment & working conditions, and income & social protection. The stakeholders represented the: Belgian Federal Public Service (FPS) [...]
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