Trends and Achievement in Promoting Health and Equity in the Americas: Developments 2003-2011

This document will review and analyze the major trends and developments in health promotion and equity in the Region of the Americas during the period of 2003-2011. It will highlight the main opportunities and challenges for health promotion in the Region; discuss major developments within PAHO and its Member States; illustrate how PAHO contributed to the development of health promotion in the Region; and point out the remaining gaps to be addressed. It will also make recommendations about how to move health promotion forward within the Organization and Member States, as well as on how to incorporate health promotion into public health and technical cooperation agendas in the Region.