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What is health equity – and why does it matter to business?

A woman infected with the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) carries her baby at the maternity ward for mothers infected with the coronavirus, at the Maternal Perinatal Hospital 'Monica Pretelini Saenz', in Toluca, Mexico February 4, 2021. REUTERS/Luis Cortes - RC22ML93Y8ZP

The private sector has a role to play in addressing health inequity and the root causes of it. Image: REUTERS/Luis Cortes

Therese Wetterman
Project Lead, Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare, World Economic Forum
David Rabinowitz
Senior Manager, Life Sciences and Healthcare, Deloitte
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