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Additional Optional Reading

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Journal and Newspaper Articles 

Chad's fertility rate is rising to dangerous levels 

Preventing maternal deaths requires more than just drugs and tools

Social determinants of health inequalities by Michael Marmot 

The slow road to progress: why is Sierra Leone's maternal mortality rate so high?

Reports

The solid facts Edited by Richard Wilkinson and Michael Marmot 

Video Lectures 

Sir Michael Marmot: Social Determinants of Health (2014 WORLD.MINDS)

Social Determinants of Health by the World Health Organization  - A useful video from WHO on global burden and social determinants. It usefully differentiates between other determinants encompass social, environmental political and cultural

Next stop health equalities by Michael Marmot 

The relationship between the social determinants of health and health in all policies by Michael Marmot

"The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World" by Michael Marmot 

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