An International Society and Journal for Equity in Health: 10 years on

Author details1-Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, AustraliaEMPTY2-Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, AustraliaEMPTY3-Southgate Institute of Health, Society and Equity, Faculty of Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaEMPTY4-National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, AustraliaEMPTY5-South Australian Community Health Research Unit, Flinders University, Adelaide, AustraliaEMPTY6-Center for the Study of the State and Society (CEDES), Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEMPTY7-Center to Eliminate Health Disparities, Global Health Program, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USAEMPTY8-Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Pubic Health, Baltimore, MD, USAEMPTY June 2010 marked the 10th Anniversary of the foundation meeting of the International Society for Equity in Health (ISEqH). In light of a US trade embargo and its international endorsement, the decision to hold the first conference in Cuba was both bold and controversial, but it made enormous sense given the country's reputation for running a First World health and education system, and with health outcomes and health differences the envy of many OECD countries.