Monitoring health inequality: an essential step for achieving health equity

Overview

The examples in this publication draw from the topic of reproductive, maternal and child health, where comparable data across many countries are publicly available. Maps and figures are based on data that were derived from re-analysis of Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) micro-data.

For more information about these data and the topic of health inequality please visit the Health Equity Monitor on the Global Health Observatory (http://www.who.int/gho/health_equity/en/). Detailed information about the criteria used to calculate the indicator numerator and denominator values used in these analyses is available in the WHO Indicator and Measurement Registry, under the topic Health Equity Monitor (http://www. who.int/gho/indicator_registry/en/).