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Launch of WHO Operational framework for monitoring social determinants of health equity [1]
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Date: 2024-02-20
Social determinants of health – that is, the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and people’s access to power, money and resources – impact health outcomes and drive widening health inequities within and across countries. Nearly two decades ago, WHO’s Commission on Social Determinants of Health set out an agenda to support countries in addressing social determinants of health. Despite high-level commitments by many governments, progress in implementing the Commission’s recommendations remains insufficient.
In response WHO has released critical new guidance for countries, namely Operational framework for monitoring social determinants of health equity. The resource will support governments and their partners to monitor the social determinants of health and actions addressing them. It will also promote the use of data for policy action across sectors to improve health equity. Along with the forthcoming World report on social determinants of health equity, this operational framework spearheads renewed efforts to address the social determinants of health.
The operational framework will be presented during a global webinar on 20 February 2024 from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. The webinar is open to all relevant stakeholders. Join us here:
Zoom:
https://who.zoom.us/j/96703555584
Meeting ID: 967 0355 5584
Password: Fr@m3WorK
Provisional Programme
Welcome
Dr Etienne Krug, Director, Department for Social Determinants of Health, WHO
WHO’s work on social determinants of health
Dr Ailan Li, Assistant-Director General, UHC/Healthier Populations, WHO
Presentation of the Operational framework for monitoring social determinants of health equity
Ms Julia Berenson, Technical Officer, Equity and Health, Department for Social Determinants of Health, WHO
Panel discussion on monitoring and data for action to improve health equity
Dr Salma Abdalla, Assistant Professor in Global Health Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health
Dr Kumanan Rasanathan, Executive Director, Alliance for Health Systems and Policy Research, WHO
Dr Ahmadreza Hosseinpoor, Lead, Health Equity Monitoring, WHO
Dr Angkana Lekagul, Researcher, Sustainable One Health Development Program, International Health Policy Program, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
TBD stakeholder from PAHO country
Closing remarks
Dr Sudhvir Singh, Unit Head, Equity and Health, Department for Social Determinants of Health, WHO
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