Presentations and recording - 3rd Live Webinar of the Thematic Network DisQo: Antidiscrimination & health equity - Time for action! (30 March 2023)

The 3^rd and last Live Webinar of the Thematic Network DisQo: anti-discrimination & health equity “Time for action” took place online on Thursday 30 March 2023, 11.00 – 12.30 CEST, Brussels time.

• Register to the EU Health Policy Platform to join the Thematic Network. To access, please register first following this link (use/create your EU login).
  • Once your request of access has been approved, you will receive a confirmation email. From then on, you will be able to navigate through the Platform’s networks, check the presentations used in this webinar and participate in upcoming webinars.
• Watch the recording until 9 April, available under this link. Use this password to watch it: @HPP_webinar2023
• Participate in the EU Health Policy Platform Annual Meeting on 19 April, where this Joint Statement and others will be presented. Register here.

Description of this webinar

Although racism and discrimination are fundamental determinants of health, and the evidence for its impact on both physical and mental health across all life stages is becoming more overwhelming by the day, the issue remains largely unrecognised and unconsidered in the public health domain. This is the driving force behind the Thematic Network DisQo, bringing together now more than 40 organisations, people, with the shared ambition to address institutional and structural racism and discrimination for health equity.

In a series of three webinars, we discussed and delved deeper into key topics that were identified by network members during DisQo's kick-off meeting on 3 November 2022, which included for example the importance of a clear language and definitions, the evidence-base and good quality equality data, the sharing of best practices at different government levels, and the need to break down silos between sectors. The first webinar (19 January 2023) covered language and definitions, while the second webinar (23 March 2023) revolved around the importance of comprehensive systems and coordinated approaches to collecting and using equality data.

This third and last of the current series webinar brought DisQo's work so far together and discussed how people and organisations can be brought together to break the silos in which the operate, what role the health sector can and should play in tackling institutional and structural racism and discrimination, and, importantly, what the priorities and concrete actions are for the different stakeholders.