Health Equity, Welfare State Development and Basic Income Policies in Europe

World Health Organisation (WHO) – Healthy, Prosperous Lives for all in the European Region – High-level Conference on Health Equity, 11–13 June 2019, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Haagh, L. Launch of the WHO Health Equity Status report for Europe, Slovenia, June, 2019 , WHO/Europe brought together Member States, international organizations and civil society in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 11–13 June 2019 to identify and discuss ways to accelerate progress towards health equity.

https://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/404387/20190606-h1015-ubi-policies-en.pdf?ua=1

The technical input to this conference included Prof. Haagh’s commissioned publication (written jointly with Barabara Rohregger), titled ‘Universal Basic Income Policies and their Potential for Addressing Health Inequities’:

https://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/events/events/2019/06/healthy,-prosperous-lives-for-all-in-the-european-region-high-level-conference-on-health-equity/publications/universal-basic-income-policies-and-their-potential-for-addressing-health-inequities-transformative-approaches-to-a-healthy,-prosperous-life-for-all-2019

Prof. Haagh also presented her work to the conference of high-level regional policy-makers, including material covered in this report, Paper titled: Health Equity, Welfare States and Basic Income Policies in Europe

https://www.euro.who.int/en/media-centre/events/events/2019/06/healthy,-prosperous-lives-for-all-in-the-european-region-high-level-conference-on-health-equity