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

Regional hub

Call for Expression of Interest: Extreme Heat and Health Regional Hub and Network for Latin American and the Caribbean

14 Oct 2025

SMART hospital in the Caribe

PAHO advances in improving indoor air quality in hospitals and health facilities in the Caribbean

19 Sep 2025

House impacted by hurricane

PAHO Director warns of intensifying climate threats to health in the Americas at global conference in Brazil

29 Jul 2025

Dr. Carla N. Barbett, Secretary-General of CARICOM and Dr. Jarbas Barbosa pose after signing the agreement.

PAHO Director and CARICOM Secretary-General sign 2025-2029 Joint Subregional cooperation strategy to advance health and equity in the Caribbean

22 Jul 2025

Regional Stories

Mother with child

Saving maternal lives in Peru's Amazon Region

29 Jan 2024

Señora Emelida - Rio Cañas

Community collaborators – On the frontlines of malaria elimination in Panama

3 Nov 2023

training

Traditional midwives: Saving Lives by Combining the Knowledge of Ancestral and Western Medicines

8 Jun 2023

Vaccination activity in Bolivia

Tackling vaccine hesitancy with art and dialogue in Bolivia

30 Mar 2023

Events

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Webinar on Health at COP30: Belém Health Action Plan for Climate-Resilient Health Systems

7 Oct 2025 - 7 Oct 2025

community care

Association of Social Determinants in NCDs and Examples for their Approach

26 Sep 2025 - 26 Sep 2025

Flyer of the event

Online course | Scaling Up Health Adaptation Measures to Meet the Climate Change Challenge in The Americas

25 Sep 2025 - 30 Oct 2025

Documents

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21 May 2024

Regional Gender Equality Profile for Latin America and the Caribbean

Criteria for Healthy Municipalities

20 Feb 2024

Criteria for Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities in the Region of the Americas

Declaration

21 Dec 2023

Declaration of Huechuraba, Chile: On the Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities Movement of the Americas

Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas

17 Apr 2023

Closing the Gap: The Health Disparities of Older LGBTI People in the Americas

Communication Materials

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27 Jun 2022

Infographic: Research and Capacity Building

2 Jun 2022

Infographic: Health and Climate Finance

2 Jun 2022

Infographic: Health Co-benefits of Climate Action

2 Jun 2022

Infographic: Health and Climate Surveillance Systems

Mandates and Strategies

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10 Dec 2019

Strategy and Plan of Action on Ethnicity and Health 2019-2025

2 May 2019

CE164/22 - Strategy and Plan of Action on Ethnicity and Health 2019-2025

16 Aug 2018

CD56/INF/6 - Regional Consultation on the WHO Global Strategy on Health, Environment, and Climate Change

4 Oct 2017

CSP29.R3 - Policy on Ethnicity and Health