Key Populations
Nigel Coulson
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Nigel Coulson
Capacity Development and Transition Advisor. Current focus on Youth Development and Employability
An enabling legal framework that protects and promotes human rights and gender equality helps vulnerable and key populations to protect and promote their health.
An enabling legal framework that protects and promotes human rights and gender equality is imperative to fostering the health and development of all people and attaining the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals. Rights-based health responses help vulnerable and key populations to protect and promote their rights to non-discrimination, equality and freedom from violence, allowing them to:
- Access effective health information and services without discrimination
- Reduce their health risks
- Participate meaningfully in the design, development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of services, and
- Realize their human rights to equality, health and development.
Find a full set of guidance and resources on Key Populations;
https://undp-healthsystems.org/en/legal-and-policy/key-populations/