Social Determinants of Health
We work to address the social, physical and economic conditions that impact upon health, by compiling and disseminating evidence on what works to address these determinants, building capacity and advocating for more action.
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23 April 2025
Urban health capacities assessment and response: health-promoting urban food systems in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe
Assessing and using capacities that create synergies across sectors and levels of governance can significantly improve urban health and well-being. The...

The country and territory profile report accompanies the Global status report on road safety 2023 and is the last of the three report-related products...

13 December 2024
Global status report on drowning prevention 2024
The Global status report on drowning prevention details the scale of global drowning fatalities, and progress made in advancing strategies and actions...

27 November 2024
Urban health capacities assessment and response: preventing falls among older people in Utrecht, the...
Assessing and using capacities that create synergies across sectors and levels of governance can significantly improve urban health and well-being. The...
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