In this guest post, Ted Schrecker offers an overview of the recent World Conference on Social Determinants of Health. Ted discusses the Conference’s ‘Rio Declaration’, highlighting both its strengths and weaknesses, as well what it will take to keep the SDOH agenda moving forward. Ted is an associate Professor in the University of Ottawa’s Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, and a principal scientist at the University’s Institute of Population Health.

In this guest post, David Legge directs us to his work at the WHO Watch where he provides insightful background into the upcoming WHO reform talks, set to take place this November. Advanced is an analysis of global health governance which positions the social determinants of health, and health system development, within a dynamic interplay of policy paradigms, donor practices and corporate power.