Health Equity in a Globalizing Era: Past Challenges, Future Prospects

This title discusses how globalization impacts the health of individuals and populations. It focuses on how globalization processes have impacted various social determinants of health such as income, employment, or migration patterns, and how this in turn shapes inequities in health outcomes.

Ronald Labonté, Distinguished Research Chair and Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Canada, Arne Ruckert, Senior Research Associate, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Canada

Ronald Labonté is Distinguished Research Chair and former Canada Research Chair in Globalization and Health Equity and Professor in the School of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. He is active with the People's Health Movement, and has consulted extensively with UN agencies, governments and civil society organizations.

Arne Ruckert is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Ottawa's School of Epidemiology and Public Health, working on health equity issues in the Globalization and Health Equity research unit. He has worked as a policy consultant for various development organizations (including the North-South Institute, CCIC, the Halifax Initiative), international organizations (WHO), and the Canadian government (Health Canada).