Health Inequality Monitor

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About WHO's work on health inequality monitoring

Health inequalities are measurable differences in health across population subgroups. Monitoring health inequalities provides evidence on who is being left behind and informs health policies, programmes and practices that aim to close existing gaps and achieve health equity.

Health equity is the absence of unfair, avoidable or remediable differences in health among population groups, defined by social, economic, demographic or geographic characteristics.

The Health Inequality Monitoring team aims to:

  • Strengthen capacity for health inequality monitoring at country, regional and global levels.
  • Generate and disseminate the latest evidence on health inequality and support data disaggregation within WHO and global partners.
  • Develop and refine health inequality monitoring tools, resources and best practices.

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