Health equity monitoring

Health Equity Monitor database

The Health Equity Monitor database is one of the largest databases of disaggregated health data in the world, containing disaggregated data for over 30 reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) indicators from surveys conducted in 115 countries in 1991-2018.

Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT)

The Health Equity Assessment Toolkit is a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities.

Inequality monitoring in immunization: a step-by-step manual

This manual applies the steps of health inequality monitoring to the topic of immunization, featuring immunization-specific examples across each step of the monitoring process.

National health inequality monitoring: a step-by-step manual

A highly accessible, practical reference to encourage and strengthen the practice of health inequality monitoring.

Handbook on health inequality monitoring with a special focus on low- and middle-income countries

Details the steps of health inequality monitoring, serving as a resource for countries to establish and strengthen health inequality monitoring practices.

Health equity country profiles

Health equity country profiles contain disaggregated data related to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health interventions and outcomes indicators for a selected country.

National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities

Following an overview of national health inequality monitoring and the associated resource requirements, this paper highlights challenges that countries may encounter when setting up, expanding or strengthening national health inequality monitoring systems, and discusses opportunities and key initiatives that aim to address these challenges.

Global thematic reports

State of inequality: Childhood immunization

A report taking a detailed look at the status of childhood immunization in 10 priority countries, showing how a child’s likelihood of being vaccinated is affected by compounding advantage or vulnerability.

State of inequality: Reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health

A report that demonstrates best practices in reporting the results of health inequality monitoring applied to reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health in low- and middle-income countries.

State of inequality: HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria

A systematic analysis of the current status and recent trends of inequality in HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

Capacity building

Capacity building for health inequality monitoring: The case of Indonesia

This article details the capacity-building process for national health inequality monitoring in Indonesia, and how this process may be adapted and implemented in other countries/settings. This case study was also highlighted in a special issue on monitoring health inequality in Indonesia, and the findings published in a report of the state of inequality in Indonesia.