PROJECTS  |  EQUITY ACTION
 
  Equity Action has received funding from the European Union in the Framework of the Health Programme
 
Introduction
Partners
Stay up to date | Newsletter
Meetings & Presentations
Contact
 
 
 Click on the following links to go to the detailed descriptions of the four main work strands of Equity Action:
 
WP4: Tools
WP6: Knowledge
WP5: Regions
WP7: Stakeholders
 
 
 

Introduction

 

Equity Action is the EU funded Joint Action on Health Inequalities. The programme focuses on developing capability across Member States with a particular focus on:

  • Developing knowledge for action on health inequalities;
  • Supporting the engagement of Member States, regions and other stakeholders in action to tackle the socio-economic health inequalities;
  • Sharing learning between Member States & other actors; and
  • Supporting the development of effective action to tackle socio-economic health inequalities at a EU policy level.
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Partners

The following Member States and organisations are involved in Equity Action:
 
 
Coordinator:

Health Action Partnership International (HAPI)

 
Project Partners:

European network
EuroHealthNet

Belgium
Public Federal Service Health, Food Chain, Safety and Environment
 

Czech Republic
National Institute of Public Health

England
Department of Health
 

Finland
National Institute for Health and Welfare

France
Direction Générale de la Santé
 

Germany
 
Federal Centre for Health Education

Greece
National Centre for Social Research
 

Hungary
National Institute for Health Development

Ireland
Institute of Public Health in Ireland
 

Italy
Veneto Region Department of Health 
Services

Italy
Azienda Sanitaria Locale TO3 Regione Piemonte, Struttura Complessa a direzione Universitaria Epidemiologia 
 

Italy
Agenzie Nazionale per i Servizi Sanitari
Regionali

 

Latvia
The Centre of Health Economics

 

Netherlands
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment
 

Norway
Norwegian Directorate of Health

 

Poland
National Institute of Public Health - National
Institute of Hygiene

 

Scotland
The Scottish Executive

 

Spain
Directorate General for Public Health and Foreign Health. Ministry of Health and Social Policy
 

Spain
La Fundacion Vasca de Innovacion e Investigation Sanitarias


 

Sweden
Region Västra Gotaland
 

Sweden
Swedish National Institute of Public Health
 

Wales
Welsh Government

 
 
 
 Collaborating Partner:

WHO European Office for Investment for Health and Development, Venice (Italy)

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Stay up to date | Newsletter

By subscribing to our quarterly newsletter, you can stay up to date of the latest developments and publications of Equity Action.

You can subscribe here
The Newsletter Archive, including all published newsletters, can be found here.

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Meetings & Presentations

 
EU Expert Group meeting on SDH and Health Inequalities
13 December 2011, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
  • Presentation Equity Action at the EU Expert Group meeting | download (.pdf)
 
Equity Action - Kick off meeting
7-8 April 2011, Luxembourg (Luxembourg)
 

Agenda of the meeting | download (.pdf)

Presentations | download (.zip)

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Contact

For further information about Equity Action, please contact the Project Manager: 

Mark Gamsu
Mark.Gamsu@hapi.org.uk

 
 
 
 
The opinions expressed in this project section do not necessarily reflect those of the Executive Agency for Health and Consumer Affairs or the European Commission.
 

 

                                          



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