The Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance (IDHA) is an Indigenous Peoples Organization devoted to advocating for and fostering culturally safe systemic change globally through the adoption of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues’ Indigenous Determinants of Health (IDH) Framework.
The IDHA is incorporated as a nonprofit organization under the Government of the District of Columbia in the United States
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We’re happy to inform you that the latest paper by the Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance workgroup is now published on the United Nations website and throughout the UN system.
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LATEST ACTIVITIES
At the 2024Expert’s Mechanism for the Rights of Indigenous People’s Meeting in Geneva…
Geoffrey Roth, United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Expert Member provided testimony on the Indigenous Determinants of Health framework and the operationalization of the Indigenous Determinants of Health and how to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.
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Ms. Emma Rawson Te-Patu, WFPHA President, at the World Health Organization's meeting on the contributions of health professions to the climate change & health agenda
Ms. Amina Amharech, Amazigh leader, at OHCHR's first intersessional meeting on ways to enhance the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the Council.
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Want to learn more about our work on the Indigenous Determinants of Health? Geoff Roth, our UN PFII North American Expert Member recently wrote an article discussing the health challenges that Indigenous people face, and the efforts being made to combat them. Click below to view the article.
Geoffrey Roth, UNPFII MEMBER Provides Testimony
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Expert Member Geoffrey Roth gives a pre-session presentation on the Operationalization of the Indigenous Determinants of Health.
“Without manualized and codified institutional policies of our rights within the UN Agencies and national ministries, the right to self-determination will only be a reality in an online document or a check in the laundry list of a project involving Indigenous peoples. (Makanalani Gomes, Forum Day 1)
Makanalani Gomes, Co-Chair of the Global Indigenous Youth Caucus
Makanalani Gomes , Co-Chair of the Global Indigenous Peoples’ Alliance and gives an impassioned speech about Indigenous youth and its importance in today’s political system and its role in protecting and promoting self-determination.
VICE CHAIR JENNIFER PROCTER ANDREWS
“Language…a cornerstone of the indigenous determinants of health, and we did not lose it…It was beaten and shamed out of us.”
Jennifer Procter Andrews - Vice President of Coquille Tribe -for the National Indian Health Board
Jenn Procter-Andrews, Tribal Council Vice-Chair for the Coquille Indian Tribe gives testimony at the 23rd Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues representing the National Indian Health Board. See her statement here.
Free, Prior, Informed Consent
A guide to Free, Prior, Informed Consent protocol
Guidance for Agencies
A summary of guidance for agencies including component, operationalization, and the implementation level.
Equivalence Chart
Equivalence chart as included in the 2023 Initial Report World Health Organization (WHO) Social Determinants of Health vs. the Indigenous Determinants of Health