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

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Barbados Moves to Validate its Health National Adaptation Plan

6 Jun 2025

Waste in health centers.

PAHO launches a training course for 500 participants on waste management, hygiene and sanitation in health facilities

19 May 2025

Nayan Persaud, Guyana; Anniete Cohn-Lois, Dominican Republic; Christine Samwaroo, Guyana; Edalmi Pinelo, Belize; Nicole N. Hazel, Barbados; and Stefano Todde, Dominican Republic.Nayan Persaud, Guyana; Anniete Cohn-Lois, Dominican Republic; Christine Samwaroo, Guyana; Edalmi Pinelo, Belize; Nicole N. Hazel, Barbados; and Stefano Todde, Dominican Republic.

Cohort Four of Caribbean Climate Change and Health Leaders Graduate from UWI/EU/PAHO Fellowship

14 May 2025

Family photo in rural area

Health inequities are shortening lives by decades

6 May 2025

Regional Stories

Women of different ages do Tai chi in Meyehualco

UTOPIAS in Iztapalapa: Spaces for Inclusion and Community Health in Mexico City

25 Sep 2024

At the home of Demecio Semo, a Yuqui father, the whole family undergoes evaluation.

Fighting Blindness: Searching for trachoma in indigenous communities in central Bolivia

7 Aug 2024

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

Country Stories

Madre y niños

Uruguay's Care System: Building The Future By Providing Support Now

11 Sep 2023

Midwives

Integrating traditional midwives into Bolivia’s health care system to promote culturally secure births and intercultural dialogue

27 May 2022

doctora Ena Banegas

Native doctor promotes COVID-19 vaccination in Tolupán villages in Honduras

9 Aug 2021

Events

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Poster of the capacity building

Capacity Building Virtual Course in the use of the WASH FIT-Waste Tool for Health Facilities

4 Jun 2025 - 7 Aug 2025

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Celebration of the International Workers' Health Day 2025

30 May 2025 - 30 May 2025

Transatlantic dialogue on climate change and mental health

Transatlantic dialogue on climate change and mental health

8 May 2025 - 8 May 2025

Documents

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7 Feb 2025

Evaluation of the integration of gender equality in the Pan American Health Organization’s technical cooperation in health in the Americas 2005–2023. Volume I: Final report

Urban Governance in Bogota

9 Aug 2024

Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being in Bogota

Urban Governance for Health in Mexico City

13 Jun 2024

Initiative on Urban Governance for Health and Well-being in Mexico City

21 May 2024

Regional Gender Equality Profile for Latin America and the Caribbean

Communication Materials

All

11 Jul 2023

Terms and Conditions of the Call for Significant Experiences of Healthy Municipalities, Cities and Communities / July 12 - August 18, 2023

Brochure - Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities Movement of the Americas

28 Apr 2023

Brochure - Healthy Municipalities, Cities, and Communities Movement of the Americas

17 Oct 2022

Social media toolkit 2022 (WHO)

27 Jun 2022

Infographic: Research and Capacity Building

Mandates and Strategies

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2 Feb 2024

Strategy and Plan of Action on Health Promotion within the Context of the Sustainable Development Goals 2019-2030

The Essential Environmental Public Health Functions. A framework to Implement the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021-2030

25 Jan 2022

The Essential Environmental Public Health Functions. A framework to Implement the Agenda for the Americas on Health, Environment, and Climate Change 2021-2030

13 Jul 2020

PAHO Strategic Plan 2020-2025 “Equity at the Heart of Health” - Compendium of Impact Indicators

13 Jul 2020

PAHO Strategic Plan 2020-2025 “Equity at the Heart of Health” - Compendium of Outcome Indicators