State of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Volume II: Indigenous Peoples' Access to Health Services
2015
This report from the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs examines the major barriers faced by indigenous peoples to obtain adequate access to and utilization of quality health care services. It provides an overview of some of the issues that affect the health status of indigenous peoples in seven major regions across the world, such as living conditions; income levels and employment rates; access to safe water and sanitation services; food availability; the destruction of tribal lands, territories, and resources; climate change and environmental contamination; and structural barriers to health care access, including geographical isolation, poverty, and systemic bias and racism. The report describes the goals of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which states that indigenous peoples have the right to be actively involved in determining their own health programs, the right to maintain their health practices and access traditional medicines, and the equal right to the “enjoyment of the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health.”
State of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Volume II: Indigenous Peoples' Access to Health Services
Source:
State of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Volume II: Indigenous Peoples’ Access to Health Services. United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs 2015. https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/publications/state-of-the-worlds-indigenous-peoples.html.