Lecture and book presentation by Prof. Ronald Labonte. “Health Equity in a Globalizing Era”.

Why do some countries and populations suffer from poverty and ill health, whilst others are more prosperous and healthy? What are the inherently global (trans-border) issues that affect inequities in disease burden and health opportunities for individuals and nations? Traditionally, the focus of global health has been ‘international health’: the concern for high burdens of disease in generally low-income countries. To answer these questions however, we need to modernise our understanding of globalization as a phenomenon.  

Health Equity in a Globalizing Era: Past Challenges, Future Prospects examines how globalization processes since the on-set of neoliberalism affect equity in global health outcomes, and emphasises access to important social determinants of health. With a basis in political economy, the book covers key globalization concepts and theory, and presents a thorough background to the field. 

The book  “Health Equity in a Globalizing Era: Past Challenges, Future Prospects”can be bought on-site and in cash with 40%-discount (limited stock). 

This lecture is organized by the Maastricht Centre for Global Health. For any queries, contact 

Dr. Remco van de Pas, Academic Coordinator of the centre via r.vandepas@maastrichtuniversity.nl