Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity - PAHO/WHO | Pan American Health Organization

The Department of Social and Environmental Determinants for Health Equity covers climate change and environmental determinants; health promotion and social determinants, including health legislation; equity, gender, human rights, and cultural diversity.

Climate Change and Health

Different people

Cultural Diversity and Health

Human Right and Health

Gender Equality in Health

Social determinants. Environment, etc.

Social Determinants of Health

Social determinants. Environment, etc.

Environmental Determinants of Health

Healthy surroundings

Health promotion

Health Equity

Videos

News

Evento paralelo de la OPS en el Foro

PAHO presents progress and recommendations on the rights of people of African descent at UN Permanent Forum

19 Apr 2024

Knowledge Dialogues

PAHO builds capacity on knowledge dialogues methodology: members of the Indigenous Peoples Observatory Network received training as facilitators of knowledge dialogues

17 Apr 2024

Health workers visit remote areas

World Health Day: PAHO reaffirms its commitment to the right to health for all people

5 Apr 2024

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The Call for Good Practices in Health and Migration in the Region of the Americas extends its deadline until May 2024

22 Mar 2024

Regional Stories

Indigenous woman is vaccianted against COVID-19

Community health at the center of COVID-19 vaccination in indigenous communities in Paraguay

9 Aug 2021

Strengthening risk communication in Costa Rica's indigenous communities

9 Aug 2021

Matronas mayas

When they speak, their communities listen

9 Aug 2021

Vaccination against COVID in Colombia

With 'sweet words' vaccination advances in the Colombian Amazon

9 Aug 2021

Events

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Regional meeting: Addressing ethnic-racial inequalities in health / Brasilia, 3-5 July 2024

3 Jul 2024 - 5 Jul 2024

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Transatlantic Dialogue on Extreme Heat and Health

2 Jul 2024

Flyer event

Webinar: Air Pollution and Heart Health / 19 April 2024, 10:00-12:00pm (ET)

19 Apr 2024 - 19 Apr 2024

Documents

All

Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions; 2022

31 Aug 2022

Lead in drinking-water: Health risks, monitoring and corrective actions; 2022

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19 Apr 2022

The Knowledge Dialogues Methodology

Methodology of Knowledge Dialogues. Facilitator’s Manual

19 Apr 2022

Methodology of Knowledge Dialogues. Facilitator’s Manual

https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/55432

7 Jan 2022

Gendered Health Analysis: COVID-19 in the Americas

Communications Materials

All

2 Jun 2022

Infographic: Planning and National Documents

2 Jun 2022

Infographic: Governance and Institutional Structures

Infographic: Climate change in the Americas- General Snapshot

27 Apr 2022

Infographic: Climate change in the Americas- General Snapshot

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22 Dec 2021

Infographic: Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021–2030

Mandates and Strategies

All

28 Sep 2017

CSP29/7 - Policy on Ethnicity and Health

28 Sep 2017

Policy on Ethnicity and Health (29th Pan American Sanitary Conference)

Pln of action on Workers Health

10 Apr 2016

Plan of Action on Workers´ Health 2015-2025

7 Oct 2014

CD53.R2 - Plan of Action on Health in All Policies (Resolution)