Statistical software codes for calculating disaggregated estimates using household surveys and calculating summary measures of health inequality.
Health Inequality Monitor
Explore health inequality monitoring evidence, tools, resources and training
Tools and resources for health inequality monitoring
Health inequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance health equity
A comprehensive and contemporary resource for health inequality monitoring. 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.
Other resources
Worksheet templates for mapping data availability for health inequality monitoring.
Exercises that facilitate the application of health inequality monitoring concepts.
Articles
General
- Visualizing health inequality data: guidance for selecting and designing graphs and maps International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)
- Writing about health inequality: recommendations for accurate and impactful presentation of evidence International Journal for Equity in Health (2025)
- Strengthening and expanding health inequality monitoring for the advancement of health equity: a review of WHO resources and contributions International Journal for Equity in Health (2023)
- Health inequality monitoring: a practical application of population health monitoring (Book chapter) Population Health Monitoring (2018)
- National health inequality monitoring: current challenges and opportunities Global Health Action (2018)
Data sourcing
- Data Resource Profile: World Health Organization Health Inequality Data Repository International Journal of Epidemiology (2023)
- Data source mapping: an essential step for health inequality monitoring Global Health Action (2018)
- Data Resource Profile: WHO Health Equity Monitor (HEM) International Journal of Epidemiology (2016)
Data analysis
- Making health inequality analysis accessible: WHO tools and resources using Microsoft Excel International Journal for Equity in Health (2024)
- Summary measures of health inequality: a review of existing measures and their application International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (2022)
- Exploring the potential for a new measure of socioeconomic deprivation status to monitor health inequality International Journal for Equity in Health (2022)
- Measuring health inequalities in the context of sustainable development goals Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2018)
- Area-based units of analysis for strengthening health inequality monitoring Bulletin of the World Health Organization (2016)
- Monitoring subnational regional inequalities in health: measurement approaches and challenges International Journal for Equity in Health (2016)