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What is Health Equity?
Generate a definition of global health equity: equal access, equality of treatment, paying attention to vulnerable, marginalized populations, subsidized drug costs, basic health insurance, necessary infrastructure (water, sanitation, transport and equipment), health education, providing health in a culturally sensitive way, focus on both treatment and prevention

Why do we care?
Basic human right, impact of health on life is huge, economic & societal good, critical about outcomes, using both qualitative and quanititative data

Who are the most vulnerable? Socioeconomic Determinants of Health
1. Income and Income distribution
2. Education
3. Unemployment and job security
4. Employment and working conditions
5. Early childhood development
6. Food insecurity
7. Housing
8. Social exclusion
9. Social safety network
10. Heatlh services
11. Aboriginal status
12. Gender
13. Race
14. Disability
15. Conflict/war & displacement
16. Urban vs rural

Community-based Health Care
Community-based healthcare is an organized, planned approach to health issues, built on an understanding of the structure and needs of a particular community, the acceptance by the communityo f responsibility for the health of all its residents, and the involment of the community