The health of Indigenous Peoples is often marked by higher rates of health risks, poorer health outcomes and greater unmet needs in terms of health and social services. Leadership by Indigenous communities is central for critiquing approaches to date
and planning pathways to health equity for all.
This side event explores the ‘causes of the causes’ of these health inequities and considers measures to tackle them:
- Action on social determinants of health equity
- Strengthening equity-oriented health systems through intercultural care provision
- Addressing the linkages between climate change and health
The event will inform the Indigenous health equity workstream of WHO Headquarters and the next WHO World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity, the latter of which aims to outline an agenda for action through to 2030.
The event will run twice to encourage participation across time zones.
1. Western Pacific, parts of Europe, Eastern Mediterranean, South-East Asia
- Time: 07h00 to 08h30 CEST/17h00 to 18h30 (New Zealand time, NZST)
- Chair: Professor Papaarangi Reid, Tumuaki, Faculty of Medical & Health Sciences, University of Auckland
2. Americas, Africa, Europe and Eastern Mediterranean
- Simultaneous interpretation Spanish-English available
- Time: 17h00 to 18h30 CEST/11h00 to 12h30 (New York time, EDT)
- Chair: Dr. Myrna Cunningham, FILAC , Fund for the Development of the Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean