Calvete Oliva Antonio, Campos Esteban Pilar, Catalán Matamoros Daniel, Fernández de la Hoz Karoline, Herrador Ortiz Zaida, Merino Merino Begoña, Ramírez Fernández Rosa, Santaolaya Cesteros María, Hernández Aguado Ildefonso
Dirección General de Salud Pública y Sanidad Exterior, Ministerio de Sanidad y Política Social, Madrid, España.
Rev Esp Salud Publica. 2010 Jan-Feb;84(1):3-11. doi: 10.1590/s1135-57272010000100002.
Tackling health inequalities to achieve health equity is currently one of the main challenges for developed and developing countries. Aware of this reality, and knowing how relevant for economic and social growth the inequalities in health are, the Spanish Ministry of Health and Social Policy has established "Innovation in Public Health: monitoring social determinants of health and reduction of health inequalities" as one of the priorities for the Spanish presidency of the European Union in the first semester of 2010. Furthermore, a national strategy to tackle health inequalities is being developed in the current political term. By choosing this priority, the Spanish Ministry of Health an Social Policy aims to contribute to move forward a coherent and effective agenda at both European and national level, in a new world stage more aware of the social and economic expenditure of inequity in health and its repercussions on countries welfare and development.
应对健康不平等问题以实现健康公平是当前发达国家和发展中国家面临的主要挑战之一。西班牙卫生与社会政策部意识到这一现实，并且深知健康不平等对经济和社会增长的重要影响，已将“公共卫生创新：监测健康的社会决定因素及减少健康不平等”确立为西班牙担任2010年上半年欧盟轮值主席国期间的优先事项之一。此外，当前政治任期内正在制定一项应对健康不平等问题的国家战略。通过选择这一优先事项，西班牙卫生与社会政策部旨在推动在欧洲和国家层面制定一个连贯且有效的议程，在这个更加关注健康不平等所带来的社会和经济支出及其对国家福利与发展影响的新的世界舞台上有所作为。
