Michael Marmot

Jan 2, 2025 | bmj.com | Michael Marmot

Michael Marmot, directorUCL Institute of Health EquityThe UK is not a good place to be poor. It is not even a very good place if you are middle income or below. Over the past 14 years, life expectancy has not improved, health inequalities have increased, and reported health has not improved for the poorer half of the population.1 Housing has played an important role in this crisis.

Nov 11, 2024 | jech.bmj.com | Michael Marmot

Generalisability of the findingsThe empirical basis for the finding that larger income inequality is associated with higher mortality rates (lower life expectancy) rests, in large measure, on two types of evidence. The first is a comparison among high-income countries. These results form the basis of The Spirit Level. It is not clear if the results extend to low-income countries where, in general, income inequalities are higher.

Nov 1, 2024 | jech.bmj.com | Michael Marmot

Health inequalitiesPOVERTYPUBLIC HEALTHSOCIAL CLASS‘The problem is capitalism’, screamed the speaker, at a meeting in Colombia, ‘and there is nothing you can do to reduce health inequalities until you smash capitalism. Nothing. Nothing. Nada. Nada.’ He was giving an invited commentary on my lecture, in which I had set out the recommendations on social determinants of health that my colleagues and I made in several reports.

Oct 1, 2024 | bmj.com | Michael Marmot |Habib Naqvi |Kevin Fenton |Cordelle Ofori

Michael Marmot, director and advisory board co-chair1, Habib Naqvi, chief executive2, advisory board co-chair1, Cordelle Ofori, director of public health3, advisory board member1, Kevin Fenton, president4, advisory board member11UCL Institute of Health Equity2NHS Race and Health Observatory3Manchester City Council4Faculty of Public HealthRacism is a scar on society. Social justice requires that we take the necessary action to deal with it and its effects on health.

May 25, 2024 | standard.net.au | Michael Marmot

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