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May 23, 2024 · Health equity. Equity is the absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality (e.g. sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental human right.
Apr 20, 2022 · Vaccine Equity. WHO / Blink media - Uma Bista. The team validated the virus DNA to confirm the first COVID-19 case in Thailand. In 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic, WHO set the target for 70% global vaccination coverage by mid-2022. Continued, concerted and country-led push to deliver against nationally defined vaccination strategies acted in ...
Gender, Rights, Equity and Diversity. The Department of Gender, Rights, Equity and Diversity (GRED) supports WHO’s commitment to the Leave No One Behind agenda. It represents the unequivocal commitment of all UN Member States to eradicate poverty in all its forms, end discrimination and exclusion, and reduce the inequalities and ...
The department leverages and contributes to WHO’s leadership, technical expertise and country presence to accelerate progress on gender equality, human rights and health equity. It also leads capacity building efforts for mainstreaming gender, equity and human rights in all WHO programmes, working closely with a growing organization-wide network of Gender Equality, Human Rights and Health Equity focal points.
Oct 18, 2022 · Health equity. Equity is the absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions of inequality (e.g. sex, gender, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation). Health is a fundamental human right.
Apr 25, 2023 · Guidance note on integrating health equity, gender equality, disability inclusion and human rights in WHO ...
May 1, 2022 · WHO recruits and employs staff from every disability status, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, language, race, marital status, religion, culture, ethnicity and socio-economic background. In May 2022 WHO published its first HR Agenda for diversity, equity and inclusion for the WHO workforce. The Agenda reaffirms WHO leadership commitment ...
Apr 6, 2021 · The cost of COVID-19 is so high that it demands we do things differently: that we commit to building a fairer and healthier world by taking health equity much more seriously than before – and meet head-on the social and economic factors that cause health inequities. This is WHO's call to action on World Health Day – and in the year-long ...
Dec 2, 2022 · Overview. An estimated 1.3 billion people – or 16% of global population worldwide – experience a significant disability today. Persons with disabilities have the right to the highest attainable standard of health as those without disabilities. However, the WHO Global report on health equity for persons with disabilities demonstrates that ...
May 4, 2020 · The Pan American Health Organization released “Promoting health equity, gender and ethnic equality, and human rights in COVID-19 responses: Key considerations” as a “first port of call” for guidance for national health policymakers in their efforts to integrate and enhance equity, gender, ethnicity and human rights considerations and approaches into measures responding to COVID-19.
