“Identifying health inequalities and their drivers is essential for achieving health equity”
WHO Thirteenth General Programme of Work (GPW 13)
Only 50% of countries have included data disaggregation in their published national health statistics reports.
SCORE for health data technical package: global report on health data systems and capacity, 2020
Latest updates
Launch of ‘Health inequality monitoring foundations’ eLearning series
12 September 2022
2022 update of the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health disaggregated dataset
25 July 2022
Launch of eLearning course: Inequality monitoring in HIV, tuberculosis and malaria
2 June 2022
2 February 2022
Launch of eLearning course: Inequality monitoring in immunization
23 December 2021
Launch of State of inequality: HIV, tuberculosis and malaria report
6 December 2021
Health Equity Assessment Toolkit
This software application enables interactive exploration and comparison of health inequalities.
Explore patterns of inequality in disaggregated data, calculate summary measures of health inequality, compare inequality between settings, and create and export customized graphs, maps and tables.
Tools and resources
A range of tools and resources to support health inequality monitoring activities.
1 February 2022
Inequality monitoring in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health
Monitoring inequalities in sexual, reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health (SRMNCAH) is an important part of efforts to promote equity....
26 September 2019
Inequality monitoring in immunization: a step-by-step manual
The manual is an introductory guide to inequality monitoring in the topic of immunization. Aiming to build capacity for the uptake and improvement of inequality...
26 September 2017
National health inequality monitoring: a step-by-step manual
The manual was designed as a highly accessible, practical reference to encourage and strengthen the practice of health inequality monitoring. Additionally,...
26 September 2015
Handbook on health inequality monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries
The World Health Organization developed the Handbook on health inequality monitoring: with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries to provide...
Publications
Evidence on health inequalities at global and national levels across various health topics.