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:
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Strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring for the advancement of health equity: a review of WHO resources and contributions International Journal for Equity in Health (2023)
Promoting health equity: WHO health inequality monitoring at global and national levels Global Health Action (2015)