Download the final 'Closing the Gap' publication: Taking Action on Health Equity.
This publication contains summaries of what each of the 21 ´Closing the Gap´ partners are doing to address health inequalities in their countries, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of this 3-year initiative.
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In this section key actors that are in a position to have an impact on health inequalities policies, such as ministries, state agencies , universities and/or independent institutes are listed.
The Scientific Institute of Public Health (IPH) is a scientific institute of the federal Belgian State. Its main mission is scientific research in view of supporting health policy. It also provides expertise and public service in the field of public health. The IPH plays an important role as part of the Belgian representation whenever scientific and/or technical expertise in the field of public health are needed. They reprent Belgium on the level of the European Union and some international organisations such as the World Health Organisation (WHO), the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe.
- The most important unit for inequalities in health-the data and research of the Epidemiology Unit.
- For more specific information, there is the Health Interview Survey in Belgium (conducted in 1997 - 2001 - 2004).
- N. Bossuyt, H. Van Oyen Gezondheidsverwachting volgens socio-economische gradiënt in België
Brussels: The Scientific Institute of Public health. Unit of Epidemiology, 2000
The research group on Poverty, Social Exclusion and the City is part of the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Antwerp (Universiteit Antwerpen).
-For the bibliography (publications in English), click here.
-For links on poverty and social exclusion, click here.
-Yearbook on Poverty and social exclusion in Belgium:
The 'Yearbook on Poverty and Social Exclusion' offers an up-to-date overview of recent evolutions, research findings, practical developments and public policy in the field of poverty and social exclusion. The latest (sixteenth) edition of the Yearbook appeared on December 2007.