ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC & BEYOND
Socioeconomic status is a significant determinant of the health and wellbeing of populations worldwide. In particular, marginalized (e.g. low-income, racialized, Indigenous, and newcomer) communities face systemic and unjust barriers to accessing opportunities, supports, health and social services needed to be healthy. Environmental, political, and socio-economic conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated these barriers and deepened health inequities.
How can we advance health equity for marginalized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, and as we build back better from the pandemic?
Learn more about this year’s challenge.
2021-22 CHALLENGE EXPERT: ERICA DI RUGGIERO
Erica Di Ruggiero is Director, Centre for Global Health, Director of the Collaborative Specialization in Global Health, and Associate Professor of Global Health, Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division, and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
Professor Di Ruggiero is a global public health expert and opinion leader whose research focuses on evaluating the health and health equity impacts of different policy and program interventions on marginalized groups (e.g. labour policies; interventions that aim to reduce food insecurity). She is also interested in how different types of evidence shape global policy agendas and influence global governance in the context of the Sustainable Development Goals.
