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  2. Health equity - Wikipedia

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    Health equity is defined by the CDC as "the state in which everyone has a fair and just opportunity to attain their highest level of health". [5] It is closely associated with the social justice movement, with good health considered a fundamental human right.

  3. What Are Health Equality and Equity, and Why Do They Matter?

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    Equity means that doctors can cater care so that people from historically marginalized groups can achieve their best possible health outcomes. Equity would mean finding out why there are ...

  4. Healthline - Transform: Health Equity

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    Health equity means everyone has the opportunity to live their healthiest lives. It is achieved when health disparities — which are avoidable, unnecessary, and unfair differences in health outcomes between different groups — are eliminated. Factors such as education, housing, employment, and health insurance play an important part in health ...

  5. Vaccine equity - Wikipedia

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    Vaccine equity means ensuring that everyone in the world has equal access to vaccines. [1] [2] The importance of vaccine equity has been emphasized by researchers and public health experts during the COVID-19 pandemic [3] but is relevant to other illnesses and vaccines as well. Historically, world-wide immunization campaigns have led to the ...

  6. Health education - Wikipedia

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    Society portal. v. t. e. Health education is a profession of educating people about health. [1] Areas within this profession encompass environmental health, physical health, social health, emotional health, intellectual health, and spiritual health, as well as sexual and reproductive health education. [2] [3] Health education has been defined ...

  7. Nonprofit Addresses Health Equity by Providing Safer Surgeries

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    Smile Train, a cleft-focused nonprofit, has, for more than 20 years, centered on improving health equity around the world by offering those born with cleft lip and palate access to safe, quality ...

  8. 9 HIV Organizations and Advocates Fighting for ... - Healthline

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    Khafre Kujichagulia Abif. Khafre Kujichagulia Abif is a writer, artist, and advocate. Abif was a co-founder of Bi+ Georgia, an organization that strives to build a safe community for bi+ people in ...

  9. Healthline’s Commitment to Advancing Maternal Health Equity

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    Advancing maternal health equity requires us to uproot systemic racism and build inclusive solutions focused on solving the challenges experienced by the most negatively impacted first. Doing so ...