Health Determinants, Promotion and Prevention
We advance health for all by working with governments and partners to address the social determinants of health and the major risk factors for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) and injuries. Through leadership, multisectoral collaboration and evidence-based guidance, we tackle the root causes of NCDs and injuries and provide specialized technical assistance to support policies and programmes that create healthier, more equitable societies.
Our work
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Latest publications
All →This toolkit presents a compendium of policy options for walking and cycling, highlighting the multiple benefits that promoting and enabling safe walking...
15 February 2018
The Global Network for Age-friendly Cities and Communities
The environments in our cities and communities are critical for supporting and maintaining health in older age. The WHO Global Network for Age-friendly...
Related links
- Action: SDG
- Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Special theme: social determinants of health)
- Global action on social determinants of health (Bulletin article)
- The need to monitor actions on the social determinants of health (Bulletin article)
- Implementing equity: the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (Bulletin article)
- Health priorities and the social determinants of health (EMRO journal article)
- Economic and social determinants of disease (Bulletin article)
- Impact of non-health policies on infant mortality through the social determinants pathway (Bulletin article)
- Towards social protection for health: an agenda for research and policy in eastern and western Europe
- Inclusive growth as a route to tackling health inequities
- Global Status Report on Health in All Policies
- Global Network for Health in All Policies
- Implications of the Adelaide Statement on Health in All Policies
- The role of parliamentary scrutiny in promoting Health in All Policies