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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 14pt;background:rgb(218,238,243) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:rgb(23,55,94)">Measuring health inequalities in the context of
sustainable</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:rgb(23,55,94)">development</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(68,68,68)"> </span><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS";color:rgb(23,55,94)">goals</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(218,238,243) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-family:Times">Authors: Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, Nicole Bergen, Anne Schlotheuber and
John Grove</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(218,238,243) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-family:Times">Source: Bull World Health Organ 2018;96:654–659</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(218,238,243) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><i><span style="font-family:Times">Published online: June, 2018</span></i><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times"><span></span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:rgb(218,238,243) none repeat scroll 0% 0%;margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Times">EN. Transforming our world: the 2030 agenda for sustainable development
promotes the improvement of health equity, which entails ongoing monitoring of
health inequalities. The World Health Organization has developed a multistep
approach to health inequality monitoring consisting of: (i) determining the
scope of monitoring; (ii) obtaining data; (iii) analysing data; (iv) reporting
results; and (v) implementing changes. Technical considerations at each step
have implications for the results and conclusions of monitoring and subsequent
remedial actions. This paper presents some technical considerations for
developing or strengthening health inequality monitoring, with the aim of
encouraging more robust, systematic and transparent practices. We discuss key
aspects of measuring health inequalities that are relevant to steps (i) and
(iii). We highlight considerations related to the selection, measurement and
categorization of dimensions of health inequality, as well as disaggregation of
health data and calculation of summary measures of inequality. Inequality
monitoring is linked to health and non-health aspects of the 2030 agenda for
sustainable development, and strong health inequality monitoring practices can
help to inform equity-oriented policy directives.<span></span></span></p>





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