Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas Professor Sir Michael Marmot Health equity Summit Cuernavaca 14 November 2017 @MichaelMarmot
Commission on Equity and Health Inequalities in the Americas Prioritise and take action on inequities and health inequalities
Commission Build and develop focus on Gender Ethnicity Social, economic, environmental, political and cultural arrangements Human Rights Sustainable Development Goals
Commission Evidence Reviews and Deliberation Better data and monitoring of inequities Conceptual and practical approaches for member states, international organisations, local organisations and civil society Advocacy making it happen Country partnerships
Life expectancy at birth 2014 Females range 66 to 85 Martinique Bermuda Cayman Islands Virgin Islands (US) Puerto Rico Costa Rica Cuba Panama Curacao Sint Maarten Mexico Ecuador Aruba Nicaragua Peru Brazil Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela El Salvador Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Grenada Jamaica Paraguay Trinidad and Tobago Bolivia Haiti 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
Life expectancy at birth 2014 males 62 to 80 y Canada Martinique Costa Rica Bermuda Chile Turks and Caicos Virgin Islands (US) Sint Maarten Mexico Panama French Guiana Antigua and Barbuda Dominica Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Argentina Peru Bahamas Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Jamaica Brazil Dominican Republic Guatemala El Salvador Bolivia Haiti 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90
The relationship between wealth and health,2012 Source: Data from Gapminder
global income percentile 0 20 40 60 80 100 Inequality of income in the Americas Slide courtesy of Dr Oscar Mujica, PAHO Canada Argentina Costa Rica Brasil Venezuela Colombia Branko Milanovic vication] 1 20 50 80 100 national income percentile
Estimated Infant Mortality Rates Haiti Bolivia Guatemala Suriname Ecuador Paraguay Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Brazil Belize Jamaica Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Barbados Argentina Bahamas Costa Rica Chile United States of America Cuba 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Rate per 1,000
Bolivia Sint Maarten Haiti Saint Kitts and Nevis Suriname Dominican Republic Guatemala Dominica Paraguay Saint Lucia Peru El Salvador Jamaica Honduras Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Colombia Brazil Grenada Panama Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Ecuador Belize Mexico Nicaragua Cuba Guadeloupe Bahamas Argentina Barbados Costa Rica Uruguay Guyana Chile United States of America Puerto Rico Canada Maternal Mortality Rates 0 50 100 150 200 250 Rate per 100,000
% of rural population without access to sanitation and u5 mortality rate, 2015
Cardiovascular deaths of people aged 45-64 and social inequalities: Porto Alegre, Brazil CVD deaths Attributable CVD deaths CVD deaths per 100,000 inhabitants 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 High Medium Medium Low high low Socioeconomic level of districts ALL 5% all premature CVD deaths in Porto Alegre caused by socioeconomic inequality remature mortality by CVD 2.6 times higher in lowest compared to highest districts by socioeconomic level (Source: Bassanesi, Azambuja & Achutti, Arq Bras Cardiol, 2008)
Mortality in Cali: Afro- (L) and Blanca-mestiza (R) Slide courtesy of Dr Pastor Murillo, commissioner
The Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) Closing the gap in a generation Strategic Review of Health Inequalities in England: The Marmot Review Fair Society Healthy Lives Review of Social Determinants of Health and the Health Divide in the WHO European Region
Marmot Review: 6 Policy Objectives A. Give every child the best start in life B. Enable all children, young people and adults to maximise their capabilities and have control over their lives C. Create fair employment and good work for all D. Ensure healthy standard of living for all E. Create and develop healthy and sustainable places and communities F. Strengthen the role and impact of ill health prevention
Lifecourse Accumulation of positive and negative effects on health and wellbeing create health inequities; Intergenerational transmission of inequities
Under five mortality per 1000 live births by mother s education: Peru 2000 and 2012 (U5M for the ten years preceding the survey) Source: measuredhs.com
Reducing rural/urban inequity in antenatal care (at least four visits) in Colombia, DHS 1995, 2000, 2005 and 2010 100 80 60 40 20 0 1995 2000 2005 2010 Coverage in rural area (%) Coverage in urban area (%) (DHS 1995, 2000, 2005, WHO)
Brazil: redistributive effect on inequality in infant mortality, 1997-2008 Slide courtesy of Dr Oscar Mujica, PAHO Mújica OJ, Vázquez E, Moya J. ExpoEpi Brasil, 2009
Map of % children Stunted
Prevalence of childhood stunting by ethnic group: Mexico (Sevan-Mori et al. 2014)
Adult Obesity - selected countries (BMI > 30 kg/m 3) Ranked by prevalence in women 11 Egypt (2008) 13 USA (2009/10) 15 Mexico (2006) 17 South Africa (2003) 30 England (2010) 48 Russia (2000) 85 Brazil (2003) 02 Thailand (2004) Women Men Source: International Obesity Taskforce, 2012 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 %
Enrolment in preschool (ages 3-5) and reading in 6 th grade: selected countries in Latin America Tinajero 2010
Tertiary and pre-primary education expenditure ratio, % of GDP, by country, 2014
Gross enrolment ratio Gender parity secondary enrolment Colombia Suriname Jamaica Canada Costa Rica Mexico Chile Belize Peru Argentina El Salvador 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 Ratio per hundred
Percentage of women with secondary education or higher by income quintiles, 2014 or latest available
Adolescent fertility rate by wealth quintile 2008
Female youth unemployment, 2015 Guatemala Bolivia Peru Trinidad and Tobago Mexico United States Canada Cayman Islands Paraguay Ecuador Dominican Republic Chile Panama Brazil Colombia Argentina Honduras Uruguay Costa Rica Bermuda Belize Suriname Barbados 0 10 20 30 40 % Source: World Bank Database, 2017
USA - Unemployment rates by educational attainment and race/ethnicity Percent 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Less than a high school diploma High school graduates, no college(1) Some college or associate degree Some college, no degree Some college or associate degree Associate degree Bachelor's degree and higher Bachelor's degree only Bachelor's degree and higher Advanced degree Black or African American Hispanic or Latino ethnicity White Asian
Percent of indigenous and non-indigenous population in poverty (under $US2.50 PPP per day) Guatemala Ecuador Bolivia Brazil Mexico Peru Chile 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Percent Indigenous Non-Indigenous
benefits envisioned under social security laws. The AUH is aimed at children and adolescents residing in Argentina who qualify for no other family benefit under Law 24.714 (establishing the Family Benefit Scheme) and whose families are unemployed or work in the informal economy. The benefits consists of a monthly, tax-free benefit of 180 pesos per child that is remitted only to a parent, guardian, caregiver, or blood relative (up to the third degree) for each child under 18 years of age under his or her care, or up to any age in the case of dependants with disabilities (SDITALC, 2009). In February 2010, the AUH benefited 3,384,546 children under 18 in 1,732,530 families (Panigo, D; Agis, E, and Cañete, C. 2010) and accounted for 0.58% of GDP (Lukin, T, 20 10). Conditional Cash Transfer works Comparison of Conditional Transfer Program mes in Latin America Attribute COUNTRY Program BRAZIL MEXICO CHILE PERU ARGENTINA Bolsa de Familia Oportunidades Chile Solidario Juntos Asignación Universal por Hijo Beneficiary Age Children under 18 Children under 18 Children under 18 Children under 18 Children under 18 Type of Benefit Per family and per child Per family and scholarships Per child Per family with children Per child Conditionality Health and education Health and education Social assistance follow up Health, education and documentation Health and education Beneficiary families 12400000 5000000 370000 420000 1600000 Annual budget (in millions of local currency) 11400 44014 92000 730 7000 Annual budget (in millions of US dollars) 6440 3319 169 253 1800 Monthly benefit per family (in current USD) 43 55 38 50 94 Percentage of GDP 0.39% 0.31% 0.10% 0.20% 0.58% Source: Panigo, D, Agis, E, and Cañete, C. (2010)
Coverage of social safety net programs in poorest quintile (% of population) and under five mortality rate, per 1,000 live births, 2014
Why treat people and send them back to the conditions that made them sick?
My two messages in a world of post-fact politics Evidence-based policy Spirit of social justice Remember: We said that Social injustice is killing on a grand scale
Martin Luther King