Michael Marmot
@michaelmarmot.bsky.social
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
Thank you to my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social and the former First Lady of Namibia Monica Geingos, as well as UNAIDS Executive Director Winnie Byanyima, for the last two years on the Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics.
Institute of Health Equity@marmotihe.bsky.social · 9mo agoHere our Director @michaelmarmot.bsky.social explains how pandemics reveal inequalities in society and amplify them. www.bmj.com/content/391/...
Media reaction from across the world, in multiple languages, as new report reveals that inequality is driving pandemics, endangering us all - and how to fix it Watch the launch www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adat... Press release www.unaids.org/en/resources... Report www.unaids.org/en/resources...
Join my co-chairs @josephestiglitz.bsky.social @monicageingos.bsky.social and me for Global Council on Inequality, AIDS & Pandemics worldwide online launch in South Africa, ahead of G20 health ministers' meeting on 6-7 Nov @benphillips76.bsky.social @unaids.org @jessjallen.bsky.social
Institute of Health Equity@marmotihe.bsky.social · 9mo agoJoin the launch of Breaking the inequality-pandemic cycle - building true health security in a global age on Monday 3 November 1500 South Africa Standard Time (1300 GMT) hosted by @nozimags.bsky.social docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Looking forward to joining my co-chairs Joe Stiglitz and @monicageingos.bsky.social a week today, Monday 3 November, to launch this important new report commissioned by UNAIDs Executive Director Winnie Byanyima @marmotihe.bsky.social @benphillips76.bsky.social mg.co.za/partner-cont...
The Global Council on Inequality, AIDS and Pandemics in partnership with UNAIDS and the Mail & Guardian to host a livestream with leaders on a new report on the impact of Inequality on Pandemics
The Mail & Guardian will host the launch of a new report that will show how inequality gaps within and between countries impact pandemics and vulnerability to a new pandemic. The launch is coming at a...
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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 · 11mo agoThe 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.
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 · last yr.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" www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBRY...
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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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
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.
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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New @who.int global report shows within-country health inequities are widening and the health gap targets will be missed, largely due to a lack of political will to tackle the structural drivers of poor health @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @sudhvir.bsky.social #AllforEquity bit.ly/3SdE4lo
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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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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New @who.int global report reveals nearly 20 after Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, social justice continues to kill on a grand scale @marmotihe.bsky.social @sudhvir.bsky.social #AllforEquity bit.ly/3SdE4lo
Tariffs introduced by the United States are likely to widen inequalities within and between countries, and have wide-ranging harmful consequences for health explains @michaelmarmot.bsky.social www.croakey.org/chaos-under-...
Chaos under Trump: on tariffs, health and inequalities
Introduction: After United States President Donald Trump's so-called Liberation Day unleashed chaos and uncertainty upon the world, the nature and
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Tariffs introduced by the United States are likely to widen inequalities within and between countries, and have wide-ranging harmful consequences for health @marmotihe.bsky.social www.croakey.org/chaos-under-...
Chaos under Trump: on tariffs, health and inequalities
Introduction: After United States President Donald Trump's so-called Liberation Day unleashed chaos and uncertainty upon the world, the nature and
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A privilege to join APPP Creative Health, on the importance of creativity in preventing ill health w @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social David Tovey & more Powerful egs of creativity’s impact on lives, the role of arts in change & communicating abt health Thanks @ncch.bsky.social
📌Three days to go until the LSE Health Annual Lecture with @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, Director of @marmotihe.bsky.social ‘Social justice and health equity' 📅 Monday 17 March, 6:30pm- 8:00pm ℹ️ Find out more tinyurl.com/44x4emxx 📍LSE Campus & Online, register via tinyurl.com/yhex87h6
We were in Kings Lynn yesterday for the launch of Kings Lynn & West Norfolk as a Marmot place! We kickstarted the day with talks from Sir Michael Marmot and Jessica Allen. #health
“Lifestyle choices” don’t kill It’s about poverty, which limits a person’s ability to make meaningful choices You, & these researchers, push outdated behaviourist (Thatcherite) solutions, ignoring the systems & contexts in which people live You are gaslighting the poor @michaelmarmot.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
New report reveals over a million premature deaths in England tied to poverty, austerity, and covid - Race Equality Foundation
A new report published today by the Institute of Health […]
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Interesting snippet from Get In, the story of Labour under Starmer, on how the PM in opposition was impressed with Marmot’s work on health inequalities and wanted it to shape Labour’s programme @patrickmaguire.bsky.social @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
Our new partnership with Public Health Scotland joins the around 50 Marmot Places working to promote health equity across the UK @michaelmarmot.bsky.social www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2025/fe...
New collaboration to tackle health inequalities launches in Scotland
Director of UCL’s Institute of Health Equity (IHE) Professor Sir Michael Marmot will be working with Public Health Scotland (PHS) and councils in three areas of Scotland to reduce health inequalities.
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An honour to catch up with our @healthworks.bsky.social Patron, @michaelmarmot.bsky.social, as he launched Newcastle as a #MarmotCity at Newcastle City Council. A fantastic opportunity to take bold steps towards reducing health inequalitie and building a fairer, healthier future for Newcastle.
Delighted to announce our new @marmotihe.bsky.social collaboration with Public Health Scotland and three local areas publichealthscotland.scot/news/2025/fe...
Bold new collaboration to tackle health inequalities launches in three local areas in Scotland - News - Public Health Scotland
The Collaboration for Health Equity in Scotland launches plans to bring about significant change to reduce health inequalities in three of Scotland’s local authority areas - Aberdeen City, North Ayrsh...
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Few highlights from @rcpsych.bsky.social NI residential this week, time together being educated, entertained & exercised! Launched our strategy #TimeToBridgeTheGaps addressing the workforce crisis. Thrilled to be joined by @michaelmarmot.bsky.social @derektracy.bsky.social @drladesmith.bsky.social
The ‘transfrormational’ work of over 50 Marmot places in the UK tackling health inequalities. The Local Government Association reports @michaelmarmot.bsky.social
Building fairer towns, cities and regions: Insights from Marmot Places
This report highlights the innovative and collaborative work of councils and their partners, who have embraced the Marmot principles and turned them into meaningful action.
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Important new @local.gov.uk report on progress by councils in tackling health inequalities by addressing the social determinants of health through the ‘Marmot Eight’ principles, featuring Marmot Place case studies & underlines need for national leadership
The UK's only truly affordable housing - our social homes - has been decimated by the right-to-buy scheme. We found that 40% of homes bought under the scheme are now owned by private landlords, exacerbating the housing crisis - in @theguardian.com today www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
New Economics Foundation@neweconomics.bsky.social · 2y agoBut the bill currently doesn’t go far enough to address extortionately high rents. Without mechanisms to stabilise rent increases, tenants will face de facto no-fault evictions through huge rent hikes, and homelessness will continue to rise. 3/3
“Don’t use terms like ruthless cuts if that means making poor people poorer and please don’t go back to austerity” @michaelmarmot.bsky.social tells @andrewmarr.bsky.social www.lbc.co.uk/radio/presen...
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