Planning for health equity in the Americas: an analysis of national health plans

• Published in: Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública
• Main Authors: Matthew M. Kavanagh, Laura Fernanda Norato, Eric A. Friedman, Adria N. Armbriste
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Spanish; Portuguese
• Published: Pan American Health Organization 2021
• Subjects: health equity; public policy; health policy; health systems plans; americas; Medicine; R; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Arctic; Handle The
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26633/RPSP.2021.29; https://doaj.org/article/c7c1c923c94e4b84a64c55f0dbf6f098

There is growing recognition that health and well-being improvements have not been shared across populations in the Americas. This article analyzes 32 national health sector policies, strategies, and plans across 10 different areas of health equity to understand, from one perspective, how equity is...