WHO Unveils Largest Collection of Global Health Inequality Data.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched the Health Inequality Data Repository, which is the most comprehensive global collection of publicly available disaggregated data and evidence on population health and its determinants. The repository includes nearly 11 million data points and consists of 59 datasets from over 15 sources, covering topics such as COVID-19, reproductive, maternal and child health, immunization, HIV, tuberculosis, malaria, nutrition, health care, non-communicable diseases, and environmental health. The data reveal important inequality patterns and WHO is calling on countries to adopt routine health inequality monitoring, make disaggregated data publicly available, expand data collection, and increase capacity for analysis and reporting.