WHO Health Inequality Monitoring

at global and national levels

Dr Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor & Anne Schlotheuber

Health Statistics and Information Systems Department (HSI) &

Gender, Equity and Human Rights Team (GER)

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WHO health inequality monitoring work

Level of

monitoring

Component of health information system

Collection Analysis Reporting

Global level • Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Health Equity Monitor

• State of Inequality report

• PLOS Medicine UHC

Collection paper

• Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Health Equity Monitor

• State of Inequality report

National level • Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Health Equity Monitor

• Capacity building

workshops

• Handbook

• eLearning

• Advocacy booklet & videos

• Health Equity Monitor

• Capacity building

workshops

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WHO Global Health Observatory

Health Equity Monitor

• Database

• Country profiles

• Interactive visuals

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2015 4 |

State of Inequality in reproductive, maternal, newborn

and child health: interactive visualization of health data

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Equity-oriented global monitoring of health services

coverage in the context of universal health coverage

Manuscript prepared for PLOS Medicine UHC collection

(September 2014)

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2015 6 |

Advocacy booklet on Health Inequality Monitoring

and accompanying video clips

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Health Inequality Monitoring: with a special focus on

low- and middle-income countries

Select health

indicators

Obtain data

Analyse data

Report results

Implement changes

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PowerPoint lectures on

Health Inequality Monitoring

Select health

indicators

Obtain data

Analyse data

Report results

Implement changes

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eLearning module on

Health Inequality Monitoring

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2015 10 |

Health inequality monitoring training workshops

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Future directions

Expand the Health Equity Monitor to other topics beyond

RMNCH

Continue capacity building in countries

Establish a global network of health reach institutes

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Reference: Promoting health equity: WHO health

inequality monitoring at global and national levels

Paper published in Global Health Action

(September 2015)