Valentina Prevolnik Rupel, Minister of Health, Government of Slovenia shared a post by Ministry of Health, on LinkedIn, adding.
“Slovenia and Poland are the only countries where health disparities between education groups decreased between 2014 and 2024, while at the same time the assessment of one’s own health improved statistically significantly.”
Quoting Ministry of Health‘s post:
“Investing in reducing health inequalities is investing in development.
At today’s event, three key reports on health inequalities were presented, highlighting Slovenia’s good results in reducing health inequalities, while at the same time drawing attention to the need for continuous monitoring of the situation and further investments. For many years, the World Health Organization has emphasized that health disparities are not only due to personal choices, but also to life circumstances such as income, education, working conditions, environment, and access to quality health services and prevention programs.
Health disparities are also increasingly influenced by modern social changes and world conditions. Slovenia is one of the countries with well-developed and accessible primary healthcare, which is also one of the key pillars of health equity.
Minister of Health Valentina Prevolnik Rupel said:
“I am pleased that the data show that Slovenia is one of the countries with relatively low health inequalities. Such results are the result of several factors and long-term investments.”
This has also been significantly contributed by several years of investment in the widely available prevention and screening programmes DORA, ZORA and SVIT. The PETER programs for prostate cancer screening and LUKA for lung cancer screening have been piloted.
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Reports:
EU report on the social determinants of health: “Social inequalities in health in the EU“- Are countries closing the health gap.
Challenges of Public Health Inequalities: Data and Policies:
Izzivi-neenakosti-v-javnem-zdravju-podatki-in-politike_znanstvena-monografija.pdf
Findings of the WHO Health Inequalities Report:
“Status Report on the Health Equity and essential conditions, morbidity, and well-being indicators”
Healthy, prosperous lives for all: the European Health Equity Status Report.”
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