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Activities
As the Organization-wide focal point for human rights, the Health and Human Rights Unit is housed in the Department of Ethics, Equity, Trade and Human Rights in the Cluster of Information, Evidence and Research (IER/ETH)
WHO has designated health and human rights as a cross-cutting activity and is actively strengthening its role in providing technical, intellectual and political leadership in this field.
Key Activities:
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Awareness Raising & Capacity Building at Regional & National levels
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Health & the UN Human Rights System
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Publications
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Seminar Series
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Tools
Indigenous peoples' right to health
Recognizing the interrelationship between the realization of human rights and the health of indigenous peoples, the Health and Human Rights Unit serves as WHO's focal point on indigenous peoples' health.
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Overview of ongoing activities
This document provides an overview of WHO's work on health and human rights at country, regional and global levels. It includes a list of WHO publications, information sources and tools on health and human rights.
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Coming Soon
Database on the Right to Health and other Key Health-Related Human Rights
This database will make accessible existing legal provisions and case law on the right to health and key health-related rights at the international, regional and national levels. Searches will be possible by right or by health topic. This database reflects the increasing attention of the public health arena on the right to health.
Annotated bibliography
WHO's annotated bibliography on health and human rights, set to be completed in the coming months, will consist of key, germinal writings on the subject. It will be accessible online in the form of a database searchable by health topic, author and title.
Development of tool for human rights and gender analysis of health sector strategic plans
WHO and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) are collaborating on the development of a tool aimed at analysing the extent to which the design and implementation of national health sector strategic plans are consistent with, and promote, human rights norms and principles, and gender equality. The health system's building blocks, as identified in the WHO framework for health systems "Everybody' Business", serve to focus the analysis which will potentially reveal gaps in relation to the promotion and protection of human rights as well as gender mainstreaming. The tool is targeted for use by health policy makers, development partners, civil society organisations and other relevant stakeholders.
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