Relevant WHO publications
Indigenous Peoples & Participatory Health Research: Planning & Management / Preparing Research Agreements (2003)
Produced by WHO and the Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), this publication emphasises that health research involving indigenous peoples needs to be organized, designed and carried out in a manner that accounts for cultural differences, is based on mutual respect, and is beneficial and acceptable to all parties involved.
Global Compendium of Indigenous Health Research Institutions (2001)
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A comprehensive list of the major academic and government institutions worldwide engaged in research on the health and well-being of indigenous peoples, or in the provision of information which supports health research.
WHO's Contribution to the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance: Health and Freedom from Discrimination (2001)
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Spanish
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Vulnerable and marginalized groups in society bear an undue proportion of health problems. Many health disparities are rooted in fundamental social structural inequalities, which are inextricably related to racism and other forms of discrimination. This publication considers the linkages between racial discrimination and health.
The Mental Health of Indigenous Peoples: An International Overview (1999)
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Produced by WHO's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Department, this publication offers an overview of the sociocultural and socioeconomic worlds in which indigenous peoples live, provides epidemiological data on mental health among indigenous peoples and outlines recommendations for supporting efforts of indigenous peoples to address mental health.
The Health of Indigenous Peoples (1999)
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This publication, drafted by WHO's Department of Sustainable Development and Healthy Environments (SDE), was designed to promote an understanding of indigenous perspectives on health and healing, what it means to be indigenous, the indigenous ways of understanding the world, and how these are related to health and well-being.