Health-Enabling Society
The Equity and Social Determinants (ESD) unit collaborates with Member States and other stakeholder groups to advance the Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the underlying social determinants of health.
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The Equity and Social Determinants (ESD) unit collaborates with Member States and other stakeholder groups to advance the Sustainable Development Goals by addressing the underlying social determinants of health. ESD supports countries to develop and implement health policies and programmes that enhance health equity, integrate pro-poor, gender-responsive, and human rights-based approaches. ESD works with partners to strengthen responses to gender-based violence and to address the health needs of vulnerable populations such as older people, migrants and ethnic minorities.
Dr
Joana
Madureira Lima
Coordinator, Health Enabling Society
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23 November 2023
Taking stock and moving forward: championing gender and health in the Western Pacific Region
Action on gender, equity and human rights is core to leaving no one behind, while making the Western Pacific Region the healthiest and safest region and...
The Regional Framework for Reaching the Unreached in the Western Pacific (2022–2030) aims to support Member States in transforming their health systems...
11 July 2022
Stocktaking to advance implementation of For the Future: Towards the Healthiest and Safest Region
This information document summarizes the stocktaking exercises conducted to articulate the progress of For the Future, our vision in the Western Pacific...
People living in the Western Pacific Region have a wide range of health experiences that tend to be patterned according to demographic, social, economic...
