Objectives

Through this course, the Gender, Ethnicity and Health Office of PAHO/WHO seeks to promote an analysis of the health situation and access to services with proper attention given to differences in health indicators that reveal unfavorable circumstances faced by indigenous people, Afro-descendants, Romani people and migrants. Adopting an ethnic approach will create opportunities to redesign health program, plans and policies, with the aim to overcome unjust social conditions that affect those people within a framework that promote: social equity, social participation and respect for human rights.

Description

This course is structured into three modules, as follows: introductory module, module one that is conceptual framework and module two that makes the health situation analysis with an ethnic approach. Access to modules is free, however to get your certificate must enroll in the course and at the end there is an evaluation.

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