The Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030. A call to action for health and well-being in the region

The Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas 2018-2030 (“the Agenda” or SHAA2030) constitutes the highest level of strategic planning and policy framework in the Americas. It is a call to collective action to achieve higher levels of health and wellbeing in the Region as a whole and in the Member States, within the new hemispheric and global context. 

The Agenda is approved by the Pan American Sanitary Conference, the highest authority of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), representing all countries in the Western Hemisphere. SHAA2030 represents the health sector’s response to commitments adopted by the PAHO Member States in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, together with the unfinished business from the MDGs and the Health Agenda for the Americas (HAA) 2008-2017, as well as any future and emerging regional public health challenges that may arise. It will be implemented through the PAHO strategic plans and strategies, as well as through subregional and national health plans.