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Michael Marmot

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Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity and Past President of the World Medical Association

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Sir Michael Gideon Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College London. He is currently the Director of The UCL Institute of Health Equity. Marmot has led research groups on health inequalities for over thirty years, working for various international and governmental bodies. In 2023, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. .. more

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Michael Marmot @michaelmarmot.bsky.social · 22d

Inequalities are a political choices; social protection reduces inequalities & improves public health. Ahead of #UNGA, as co-chair of the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics, I join Winnie Byanyima @josephestiglitz.bsky.social & @monicageingos.bsky.social to urge leaders to be bold.

UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · 22d

The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics (Winnie Byanyima, @josephestiglitz.bsky.social, @monicageingos.bsky.social, @michaelmarmot.bsky.social) will meet ahead of #UNGA to call for debt relief, social protection, ensure access to medicines, uphold human rights, and put communities first.

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UNAIDS Global @unaids.org · 22d

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Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social · Jul 7

On behalf of the Global Council on Inequalities, AIDS and Pandemics @michaelmarmot.bsky.social has been advising the G20 on the overwhelming evidence pointing to an “inequality-pandemics cycle"
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The link between pandemics & inequalities: Sir Michael Marmot

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Michael Marmot @michaelmarmot.bsky.social · Jul 7

A review of the evidence by @marmotihe.bsky.social shows social protection measures can break the inequalities and pandemics cycle.

Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social · Jul 7

The link between pandemics & inequalities: Sir Michael Marmot

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Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social · Jun 26

Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy, with Americans who voted for Trump being adversely affected the most explains @michaelmarmot.bsky.social in @bmj.com www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Trump’s budget is one big “beautiful” regressive policy

US President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), passed by the US Congress, is certainly big. Its beauty is more questionable. The act forms one part of Trump’s signature economic strat...

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Champs Public Health Collaborative @champsphc.bsky.social · May 19

Fantastic morning so far at the @events.hsj.co.uk Reducing Health Inequalities Forum in Birmingham.

Pr. Sir @michaelmarmot.bsky.social highlighted Cheshire and Merseyside’s All Together Fairer report and Programme as a best practice example of local areas tackling these issues head-on.

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Rachel Brennan @rachel-brennan.bsky.social · May 19

Always so inspiring to hear @michaelmarmot.bsky.social talk about health inequalities, I only wish he didn’t have to or that the statistics get better

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Project Syndicate @projectsyndicate.bsky.social · May 14

Contrary to claims that the Global North gives too much foreign aid and receives too little in return, the Global South is the one getting the bad deal thanks to the inequality-pandemic cycle, note Winnie Byanyima and @ucl.ac.uk's @michaelmarmot.bsky.social.

Protectionism Will Not Protect Against Pandemics | by Winnie Byanyima & Michael Marmot - Project Syndicate

Winnie Byanyima & Michael Marmot highlights the threats posed by foreign-aid cuts, pointing to the inequalities exposed by COVID-19 and AIDS.

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Institute of Health Equity @marmotihe.bsky.social · May 7

New @who.int global report o social determinants of health equity is a much needed reminder that to improve health equity we must improve society, say @michaelmarmot.bsky.social and @jessjallen.bsky.social #AllforEquity www.bmj.com/content/389/...

Call to action on social determinants of health

“Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale” was the rallying cry of the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH), published in 2008.1 It remains appropriate to the World Health...

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UCL News @uclnews.bsky.social · May 6

A new global report published by @who.int, the evidence review for which has been provided by @marmotihe.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, reveals that the targets from its first landmark Commission on the Social Determinants of Health will be missed www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/ma...

Social injustice continues to ‘kill on a grand scale’

A new global report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the evidence review for which has been provided by the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), reveals that the targets from its fir...

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