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The WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health argued in 2008 that the dramatic differences in health status that exist between and within countries are intimately linked with degrees of social disadvantage. These differences are unjust and avoidable, and it is the responsibility of governments, researchers, and civil society to work to reduce them. Part of this work requires the production of setting-specific, timely, and relevant evidence on the relationship between social determinants of health and health outcomes, and yet this information is limited, especially in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). Thus there is a strong need for the development capacity-building activities to enable such research.
INTREC has been established with this concern in mind. Its dual aims include (i) providing SDH-related training for INDEPTH researchers (including from Vadu Health and Demographic Surveillance System in Pune, Maharashtra, India, a member of INDEPTH network), thereby allowing the production of evidence on associations between SDH and health outcomes; and (ii) enabling the sharing of this information through facilitating links between researchers and decision makers, and by ensuring that research findings are presented to decision makers in an actionable, policy-relevant manner.