{"id":23879,"date":"2026-03-30T22:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T21:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/?page_id=23879"},"modified":"2026-03-31T22:53:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T21:53:45","slug":"foundations-of-health-in-international-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/foundations-of-health-in-international-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Foundations of health in international cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"23879\" class=\"elementor elementor-23879\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b4662e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b4662e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-893331a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"893331a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b9a9a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8b9a9a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/\">Home<\/a>\u00a0 \u00bb \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/\">Health in humanitarian crises<\/a>\u00a0 \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-319a0c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"319a0c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\">THEMATIC AREA<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3fceb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-wpr-post-title\" data-id=\"d3fceb6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"wpr-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"wpr-post-title\">Foundations of health in international cooperation<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-231bccb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"231bccb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">This section brings together the conceptual foundations of health, public health, global health, humanitarian health, and the ways of putting them into practice in international cooperation, along with some of their core pillars, such as primary health care, universal health coverage, and the social determinants of health.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d5142fb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d5142fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31c24d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d31c24d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f5ab5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"40f5ab5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 32px; font-family: Alegreya;\">6<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p style=\"text-align: left;\">pages<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4655ac45 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4655ac45\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56cf143d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"56cf143d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3f6353 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3f6353\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805-1024x556.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3357\" alt=\"Health and public health\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805-1024x556.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805-300x163.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805-768x417.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805-1536x834.jpg.webp 1536w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/16-Large-e1726697710805.jpg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0f62d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c0f62d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/health-and-public-health\/\">Introduction to health and public health<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ba3945c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ba3945c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\"Health\" is probably the word that appears most often on this site. But it does not always mean the same thing. This page explores what health means from a biopsychosocial and rights-based perspective, and what public health is as an organised collective effort to protect and promote it.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/health-and-public-health\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd727ac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5bd727ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f88936 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8f88936\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"510\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/medicus-0462-e1726696559957-1024x510.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-11694\" alt=\"Global health and humanitarian health\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/medicus-0462-e1726696559957-1024x510.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/medicus-0462-e1726696559957-300x149.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/medicus-0462-e1726696559957-768x382.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/medicus-0462-e1726696559957.jpg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2e0d656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2e0d656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/global-health-and-humanitarian-health\/\">Global health and humanitarian health<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-930c386 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"930c386\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Global health is not the same as international health, tropical medicine or humanitarian health. This page untangles those concepts, traces their historical evolution and explains what sets humanitarian health apart as a field of action and as a sector within the humanitarian system.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/global-health-and-humanitarian-health\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f4242f5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f4242f5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc79900 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fc79900\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e4024a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e4024a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GR-9155-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5340\" alt=\"Health cooperation approaches\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GR-9155-1024x683.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GR-9155-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GR-9155-768x512.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/GR-9155.jpg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecee504 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecee504\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/health-cooperation-objectives\/\">Health cooperation approaches<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a86c18 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5a86c18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This page explains the three main approaches to international health cooperation: direct service delivery, support to essential services, and health system strengthening. Choosing the right approach for the context, or finding ways to make them coexist, is as important as the intervention itself.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/health-cooperation-objectives\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2cbbac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c2cbbac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f05454 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2f05454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mother-and-child-Angola-Bruno-Abarca-lowres-2013-3036-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3380\" alt=\"Universal health coverage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mother-and-child-Angola-Bruno-Abarca-lowres-2013-3036-1024x683.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mother-and-child-Angola-Bruno-Abarca-lowres-2013-3036-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mother-and-child-Angola-Bruno-Abarca-lowres-2013-3036-768x512.jpg.webp 768w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Mother-and-child-Angola-Bruno-Abarca-lowres-2013-3036.jpg.webp 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-259bb98 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"259bb98\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/universal-health-coverage\/\">Universal health coverage<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-198e5cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"198e5cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Universal health coverage means that all people have access to the quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without suffering financial hardship. This goal has now been adopted by countries and global health actors of all kinds in their policies and reforms.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/universal-health-coverage\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65932c5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"65932c5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-006b070 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"006b070\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0757252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0757252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/la-timida-sonrisilla.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3389\" alt=\"Primary health care and community health\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/la-timida-sonrisilla.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/la-timida-sonrisilla-300x200.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/la-timida-sonrisilla-768x512.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0a6180 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f0a6180\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/primary-health-care-and-community-health\/\">Primary health care and community health<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d0748ea elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d0748ea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Primary health care has been as ambitious in its origins as it has been systematically reduced in its application. This page traces its history from the Alma Ata declaration, the challenges that have shaped it to this day, its relationship with universal health coverage and the enormous potential of one of its pillars: community health workers.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/primary-health-care-and-community-health\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6a8362 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c6a8362\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36f6d87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"36f6d87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"464\" src=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/el-muchacho-que-lleva-las-piedras-e1712910369599.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-3414\" alt=\"Social determinants of health\" srcset=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/el-muchacho-que-lleva-las-piedras-e1712910369599.jpg.webp 800w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/el-muchacho-que-lleva-las-piedras-e1712910369599-300x174.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/el-muchacho-que-lleva-las-piedras-e1712910369599-768x445.jpg.webp 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d06fd43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d06fd43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/social-determinants-of-health\/\">Social determinants of health<\/a><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdd8c05 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cdd8c05\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A large part of health problems are caused by the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age. Inequality in those conditions is the result of a toxic combination of poor social policies, unfair economic arrangements and poor political governance.<\/p><p>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/saludeverywhere.com\/en\/health-in-humanitarian-crises\/social-determinants-of-health\/\">Read more<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home \u00bb Health in humanitarian crises \u00bb SUBJECT AREA Health fundamentals in international cooperation This section brings together the conceptual foundations of health, public health, global health, humanitarian health and how to operationalize them in international cooperation, as well as some of their pillars, such as primary health care, universal health coverage and social determinants of health.  6 pages Introduction to health and public health \u00abHealth\u00bb is probably the word that appears most often on this site. But it does not always mean the same thing. This page explores what health is from a biopsychosocial and rights perspective, and what public health is as an organized collective effort to protect and promote it. \u2192 Read more. Global health and humanitarian health Global health is not the same as international health, nor tropical medicine, nor humanitarian health. This page untangles these concepts, traces their historical evolution, and explains what distinguishes humanitarian health as a field of action and as a sector within the humanitarian system. \u2192 Read more. Approaches to health cooperation This page explains the three main approaches to international cooperation in health: direct service delivery, support to essential services, and health system strengthening. Choosing the right approach according to the context or how to make it coexist with the rest is as important as the intervention itself. \u2192 Read more. Universal health coverage Universal health coverage is about all people having access to the set of quality health services they need, when and where they need them, without suffering financial hardship as a result. This goal is today embraced by countries and global health actors of all kinds in their policies and reforms. \u2192 Read more. Primary care and community health Primary health care has been as ambitious in its origin as it has been systematically reduced in its implementation. This page traces its history since the Alma Ata declaration, the challenges that have accompanied it until today, its relationship to universal coverage, and the enormous potential of one of its pillars: community health workers. \u2192 Read more. Social determinants of health A large part of health problems are due to the conditions in which people are born, grow up, live, work and age. 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