As part of its commitment to advance health equity, the World Health Organization (WHO)
has a developed area of work to promote and strengthen health inequality monitoring. This …

Objective To assess a common hypothesis that data serve as a mechanism to improve
health and health equity in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), we conducted a …

The world we live in is hugely unequal. People in a better socioeconomic position do not
only lead more comfortable lives, but also longer and healthier lives. This is true not only in …

Access to information and resources through the Internet has become an increasingly critical
aspect of contemporary life. Based on the WHO Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT) …

Objectives Adaptation processes in body of schoolchildren, along with study load and social
factors, are determined by influence of climatic and geographical factors of residence region …

Background There is a dearth of evidence on the trends and inequalities in utilizing
cesarean section (CS) among women in Bangladesh. Hence, this study aimed to estimate …

Background Geographical accessibility to health facilities remains one of the main barriers
to access care in rural areas of the develo** world. Although methods and tools exist to …

Background Breast cancer incidence rates are increasing in develo** countries including
India. With 1.3 million new cases of cancer been diagnosed annually, breast cancer is the …

National health inequality monitoring needs considerably more investment to realize equity-
oriented health improvements in countries, including advancement towards the Sustainable …

As a key step in advancing the sustainable development goals, the World Health
Organisation (WHO) has placed emphasis on building capacity for measuring and …