The Importance of Health Equity and the Fight Against Health Disparities
Health Equity: A Foundation for Sustainable Societies Health equity is both a moral imperative and a practical necessity for sustainable human development. It refers to the absence of avoidable or remediable differences in health among groups of people, regardless of their social, economic, demographic, or geographic background1. The global community has recognized this by incorporating it into the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being, with universal health coverage as a crucial target2. ...