Income and opportunity shape medical outcomes

Publication date: WHO described a New Delhi World Health Summit regional session on access to evidence-based care.

Publication date: WHO reported a debate on suitable integration of traditional health approaches into primary care.

Publication date: regional officials considered the draft global traditional medicine strategy.

Publication date: the WHO account tied wider access to evidence, safety and health system design.

The report connected avoidable illness and early death to living and working conditions.

The report highlighted a heavy burden of maternal death in lower-income countries.

The findings called attention to housing, education, employment and social protections.

Member states approved a framework for improved preparation and more equitable responses.

The agreement addressed fairer access to tools needed during outbreaks.

The vote followed negotiations shaped by lessons from COVID-19.