Health promotion and the agenda for sustainable development, WHO Region of the Americas

Kira Fortune, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Paulo Buss, Luiz Augusto C Galvão, Alfonso Contreras, Matthew Murphy, Caitlin Rogger, Gabriela E Keahon, Andres de Francisco, Kira Fortune, Francisco Becerra-Posada, Paulo Buss, Luiz Augusto C Galvão, Alfonso Contreras, Matthew Murphy, Caitlin Rogger, Gabriela E Keahon, Andres de Francisco

Abstract

The approaches and tools of health promotion can be useful for civil society groups, local and national governments and multilateral organizations that are working to operationalize the 2030 agenda for sustainable development. Health promotion and sustainable development share several core priorities, such as equity, intersectoral approaches and sustainability, that help maximize their impact across traditional sectoral boundaries. In the Region of the Americas, each of these priorities has strong resonance because of prominent and long-standing health inequities that are proving resistant to interventions driven solely by the health sector. We describe several cases from the World Health Organization's (WHO) Region of the Americas in which the approaches and tools of health promotion, with a focus on cities, healthy settings and multisectoral collaboration, have been used to put the agenda into practice. We highlight areas where such approaches and tools can be applied effectively and provide evidence of the transformative potential of health promotion in efforts to achieve the sustainable development goals.

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