Special issue of PAJPH highlights new knowledge and best practices for reducing health inequities
Washington, D.C., 19 March 2014 (PAHO/WHO) — The countries of the Americas have made concrete progress in reducing health inequities through action that addresses the social determinants of health. Examples of this work are featured in a special issue of the Pan American Journal of Public Health (PAJPH) that seeks to expand the knowledge base and promote the sharing of best practices for action on the social determinants of health.
"Increased migration, the aging of the population, and the related increase in noncommunicable diseases are the most important trends shaping health in the Americas. Indeed, these and many other determinants of health are further exacerbating the health inequities between and within countries," writes Dr. Carissa F. Etienne, Director of the Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), in an editorial in the special issue.
