social determinants of health

Progress on the implementation of the Rio Political Declaration

© Zoltan Balogh

Children in a poor district in Budapest, Hungary, 2007

The Executive Board of WHO has released its report on the progress on action on Social Determinants of Health. The report describes the main developments that have taken place since the World Conference in 2011. Tackling Social Determinants of Health is recognised as being a fundamental approach to the work of WHO and a priority area in the draft 12th WHO general programme of work 2014 - 2019

• Social determinants of health report by the Secretariat (EB132/14)
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What are social determinants of health?

The social determinants of health are the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. These circumstances are shaped by the distribution of money, power and resources at global, national and local levels.

• Find out more about the social determinants of health