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Cesar G. Victora, MD, PhD

Postgraduate Program in Epidemiology, Universidade Federal de Pelotas, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

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This issue of the Journal is dedicated to the theme of global engagement to eliminate health disparities. As stated in the classic "Black Report" on health inequalities in the United Kingdom, "an association between socioeconomic deprivation and ill-health has been found wherever and whenever it has been looked for" (Black D, Morris JN, Smith C, Townsend P. Report of the Working Group on Inequalities in Health [1980]. Reprinted in: Townsend P, Davidson N, Whitehead M, eds. Inequalities in Health: The Black Report and the Health Divide. London, England: Penguin Books; 1990). Today, the international statistics are staggering: in 2000, a . . . [Full Text]