Sharing Knowledge And Experience to Promote Health and Health Equity in The Arab Region

A publicly accessible and interactive space that brings together a wide network of researchers, actors and stakeholders pursuing and supporting the Arab region to achieve equity in health and wellbeing, and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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TOPICS IN FOCUS

Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity

This section focuses mainly on examining issues related to various conditions “in which people are born, grow, live, work and age" placing these conditions within multilevel intermediate and structural drivers. It also investigates policies that influence these conditions and addresses their consequences in terms of health inequities.

Sexual and Reproductive Health

The World Health Organisation (WHO) defines sexual and reproductive health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being in all matters relating to the reproductive system. This section focuses on assessing issues related to sexual and reproductive health inequities.

Gender and Cultural Context

Cultural context and gender norms are two of the major structural determinants of health. This section focuses on their contribution to health inequities.

Non-Communicable Dieseases

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are estimated to cause over 80 percent of premature deaths around the world. This section highlights issues related to NCDs inequities, the social determinants and policy responses to them.

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Universal Health Coverage

Universal health coverage aims to ensure access to needed health services of sufficient quality while avoiding major health-related financial risks for all people. This section explores issues related to the equitable application of UHC.

COVID-19

COVID-19 pandemic is testing governments and the health systems all over the world. This section investigates the preparedness of the system to deal with covid-19, and emphasizes the equity and social determinants of health considerations in relation to the pandemic.

Emergency and Conflict

Population in conflict-affected fragile states commonly experience high levels of ill-health, injuries and fatalities. The fragile situations in these states can put significant pressure on the health systems and aggravate inequities. This section explores the health inequities in these states.

Healthy Ageing

According to WHO healthy aging is defined as “the process of developing and maintaining the functional ability that enables
wellbeing in older age.” This section focuses on strategies and policies that address inequities in healthy aging.

Health Information System

This section focuses on the development of reliable and interoperable health-related information systems that secure the needed access to effective and efficient multilevel data and information for health and wellbeing.

HEALTH EQUITY AND SDG ACTIONS AND REPORTS

This section cites some of the most recent international (INT) and regional (REG) reports related to 9 topical concerns of the platform. Particular consideration is given to reports investigating health equity and/or proposing actions

Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health

Achieving health equity report of the commission on social determinants of health in the eastern Mediterranean region build back fairer: executive summary.