Over the past decades there have been remarkable improvements to human health around the world. Yet, further progress remains hampered by persistent inequalities between and within populations. Robust health inequality monitoring systems and practices are needed to identify and address unfair differences in health and ensure no one is left behind in the pursuit of better health for all.
The forthcoming WHO book Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity is a comprehensive and contemporary resource for health inequality monitoring, consolidating foundational and emerging knowledge in the field. It aims to support the expansion and strengthening of health inequality monitoring practices across different applications around the world, in service of the broader goal of advancing health equity.
The book covers a range of topics, spanning the importance and general applications of health inequality monitoring, to ways to align monitoring activities to generate impact. It details strategies for sourcing and using data for health inequality monitoring, as well as techniques for analyzing, interpreting and reporting health inequality data. The book was developed for a diverse readership, including technical experts (e.g. statistical, planning, and monitoring and evaluation officers), public health professionals, researchers, analysts and students.
Launch event
A webinar will be held on 11 December 2024, 13:00-14:15 CET to mark the release of the WHO book, Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity. Book contributors will introduce this new resource, and a panel of health equity experts will explore the theme “harnessing data to advance health equity”.
Language interpretation will be available in Arabic, French and Spanish.
Agenda
Welcome: Pavel Ursu, Acting Director, Department of Data and Analytics, WHO
Opening remarks: Marnie Johnstone, Executive Director, Health Equity Policy Directorate, Strategic Policy Branch, Public Health Agency of Canada
Introduction to health inequality monitoring at WHO: Ahmad Hosseinpoor, Lead, Health Inequality Monitoring, Department of Data and Analytics, WHO
Overview of book contents: Nicole Bergen, Consultant, Health Inequality Monitoring Team, Department of Data and Analytics, WHO
Endorsements from the Expert Review Group
Panel discussion:
- Ana Estela Haddad, Secretary of Information and Digital Health, Ministry of Health, Brazil
- Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Deputy Director-General, Ghana Health Service, Ministry of Health, Ghana
- Yukiko Asada, Investigator, Department of Bioethics, National Institutes of Health, USA
- Arash Rashidian, Director, Science, Information and Dissemination Division, Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office, WHO
- Hope Johnson, Special Advisor to the CEO and Director of Measurement, Evaluation and Learning, Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance
- Rajat Khosla, Executive Director, Partnership for Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
- Alia el-Yassir, Director, Department for Gender, Equity, Diversity and Rights for Health, WHO
Moderator: Devaki Nambiar, Consultant, Health Inequality Monitoring Team, Department of Data and Analytics, WHO
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