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

Women of the Americas

International Women's Day: PAHO Director calls for investment in women's leadership to transform the health sector

8 Mar 2024

Young man drinking water

PAHO UNICEF/UReport Survey: Youth Want Action to Tackle Effects of Climate on Health

20 Feb 2024

Workshop on Gender

PAHO advances in the joint approach to gender, intersectionality and equity in health through the Government of Canada's GIA Methodology

31 Jan 2024

Migration call for good practices

PAHO launches a call for Good Practices on Health and Migration in the Americas

29 Jan 2024

Events

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Migrants

Webinar: Migration and its intersections with other social determinants in health - June 13, 2023

13 Jun 2023 - 13 Jun 2023

Map of the Americas with text: Cities Summit of the Americas - Denver, Colorado -2023

Track session for the Summit of the Cities of the Americas

28 Apr 2023 - 28 Apr 2023

Curso Panamericano de Resiliencia para Sistemas de Salud

Free Certificate-Based Course in Pan American Climate Resilient Health Systems

4 Apr 2023 - 2 May 2023

Documents

All

4 Mar 2019

Technical Brief - Gender equality in addressing the causes and consequences of the health of migrant women (International Women Day 2019)

9 May 2017

Rubella Watch: Compendium of Measles Articles, 2009

cover

3 Oct 2016

Handbook on Health Inequality Monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries

cover

6 May 2016

Health, Resilience, and Human Security: Moving Toward Health for All

Communication Materials

All

Mandates and Strategies

All