The Indigenous Determinants of Health Alliance (IDHA) is an Indigenous Peoples Organization (IPO) 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 an Indigenous Peoples Organization incorporated as a 501(c)(3) under the Government of the District of Columbia in the United States
PROGRAMMATIC & RESEARCH UPDATES
April, 2025— The UNPFII-sponsored study evaluating institutional performance in regards to compliance with cultural safety and Indigenous rights was released:
The IDH Measurement Instrument from this study can be downloaded here or filled out online , or through the QR code
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November, 2024-Recommendations Report on Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine and Knowledge in partnership with the WHO’s Global Traditional Medicine Center, presented during the Biodiversity and Health Day at the UN Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia. Available in Spanish and English
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May, 2024
2024- Operationalization Study-"Improving the health and wellness of Indigenous Peoples globally: operationalization of Indigenous determinants of health". UNPFII (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian)
May, 2023
2023- Conceptualization Study- "Indigenous determinants of health in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". UNPFII (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Spanish, Russian).
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LATEST ACTIVITIES
At the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). During the launching of the WHO/PAHO Report on Biodiversity and traditional medicine. CBD’s day on health and biodiversity. Cali, Colombia, October, 2024
UNPFII Expert Member and IDHA Chair, Geoffrey roth, presenting on the alignment of the Indigenous Determinants of Health Framework and WHO/PAHO Report on Biodiversity and Traditional Medicine
AT THE OCTOBER, 2024 UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL’S INTERSESSIONAL MEETING ON THE PARTICIPATION OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES -PARTICIPATION OF IDHA MEMBERS ADVOCATING FOR INDIGENOUS RIGHTS GLOBALLY
“SAFETY IS A HUMAN RIGHT…”
INTERVENTION BY EMMA RAWSON TE PATU, WFPHA PRESIDENT AND IDHA MEMBER
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.
Intervention by Dr. Vivian Camacho, Bolivian indigenous leader, midwife and idha member, during the opening of WHO biodiversity and health day, Convention on Biological Diversity
“INDIGENOUS PARTICIPATION MUST BE PROTECTED…”
INTERVENTION BY AMINA AMHARECH,
AMZIGH LEADER AND IDHA MEMBER
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