The Regional Commission on the Social Determinants of Health was established in November 2019 to review health inequities in WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region and issue recommendations to address these inequities. 

This Executive Brief Report introduces the final report of the WHO EMRO Commission on Social Determinants of Health in the Eastern Mediterranean region. 

Read the Executive Summary of the Final Report

The Commission draws on evidence and analysis from previous WHO Commissions, including the 2008 Commission on the Social Determinants of Health, and Commissions in the Region of the Americas and European Region, as well as evidence from national commissions.

• Read the Press Release for the launch of the report
• Read a Commentary from the Commission, published in The Lancet
• Read an Editorial from the Commission, published in the Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
• Read more about the Commission