Our cities, our health, our future: acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings : report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health from the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings

Abstract

This report summarizes the findings concerning structural and intermediate social determinants of health that are of importance in the urban setting. The framework of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health guided the work. While unmasking the health inequities and inequalities in urban settings this report focuses on slums and informal settlements where one billion people live in deplorable conditions.