There are no simple solutions for achieving greater health equality; the road forward must be based on a genuine understanding of how the various elements of society and the welfare system affect inequality.
To this end, the Nordic Welfare Centre invited the most renowned experts in the Nordic region to share their knowledge in the field.
In this report, you can read summaries of the presentations given at the Health Equity in the Nordic Region Conference, which was held in Stockholm on 22-23 November 2018. The conference is part of the Nordic Arena for Public Health Issues’ initiative for health equity, a prioritised area of Nordic public health cooperation
The conference was organized in cooperation between the Nordic Welfare Centre and the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs in Sweden.