Health is a Human Right: Achieving Health Equity at the CDC Museum

The exhibition acknowledges that the only way everyone will have a fair opportunity to achieve their best health is to address the harms of the past while also looking ahead to what is possible. We look at models of “communities of practice”—how individuals, nonprofits, and local, state, and federal governments are reframing both problems and solutions to make sustainable differences.

The stories are representative of larger efforts across the U.S. to achieve health equity. They range from housing and transportation innovations to the role of faith leaders in promoting health equity to educational advancements to solutions for addressing environmental health challenges. We also discuss the importance of data in all these efforts.