Income, education, housing, work, environment and discrimination account for more of the variation in health between groups than healthcare does. This is why differences in life expectancy between neighbourhoods of one city can be as large as differences between countries, and why health services alone cannot close them.
We report determinants because health stories are routinely framed as questions of behaviour or of medical provision when the evidence points elsewhere.
Global health explained: definition, how it differs from international and public health, key actors, financing, major priorities and persistent structural challenges.
The major global health challenges: NCDs, antimicrobial resistance, pandemic risk, workforce shortages, climate change, mental health and health financing gaps.
Health equity explained: what it means, how it differs from equality, social determinants of health, global and within-country disparities, and what actually works.