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- In all countries – whether low-, middle- or high-income – there are wide disparities in the health status of different social groups. The lower an individual’s socio-economic position, the higher their risk of poor health. Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of different population groups.
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Feb 22, 2018 · Health inequities are systematic differences in the health status of different population groups. These inequities have significant social and economic costs both to individuals and societies. This fact file looks at what health inequities are, provides examples and shows their cost to society.
- WHO releases the largest global collection of health ...
The data from the repository show that, in just a decade,...
- WHO releases the largest global collection of health ...
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Global health equity strategists have previously focused much on differences across countries. At first glance, the global health gap appears to result primarily from disparities between the developing and developed regions. We examine how much of this disparity could be attributed to within-country disparities in developing nations.
We used data from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 1995 and 2010 in 67 developing countries. Using a population attributable risk approach, we computed the proportion of global under-five mortality gap and the absolute number of under-five deaths that would be reduced if the under-five mortality rate in each of these 67 countries wa...
In 2007, approximately 6.6 million under-five deaths were observed in the 67 countries used in the analysis. This could be reduced to only 600,000 deaths if these countries had the same under-five mortality rate as developed countries. If the under-five mortality rate was lowered to the rate among the top 10% economic group in each of these countri...
Under-five mortality disparities within developing countries account for roughly half of the global gap between developed and developing countries. Thus, within-country inequities deserve as much consideration as do inequalities between the world’s developing and developed regions.
- Agbessi Amouzou, Naoko Kozuki, Davidson R Gwatkin
- 2014
Apr 20, 2023 · The data from the repository show that, in just a decade, the rich-poor gap in health service coverage among women, newborns and children in low- and middle-income countries has nearly halved. They also reveal that, in these countries, eliminating wealth-related inequality in under-five mortality could help save the lives of 1.8 million children.
Jun 8, 2019 · Richard Horton 1 correctly states that good health depends on political, economic, and social forces that shape conditions of living. To address health care on a global scale, immediate and comprehensive efforts both on an international and national level have to be realised.
- Sascha Meyer
- 2019
Jan 31, 2018 · Increasing evidence shows that health inequalities exist between and within countries, and emphasis has been placed on strengthening the production and use of the global health inequalities research, so as to improve capacities to act.
- Lucinda Cash-Gibson, Diego F. Rojas-Gualdrón, Juan M. Pericàs, Juan M. Pericàs, Joan Benach, Joan Be...
- 2018
Feb 3, 2021 · At this crucial moment in global health with the COVID-19 pandemic exposing the weaknesses in our health systems, this Comment takes an introspective and forward-looking approach to propose actionable solutions to global health inequalities in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs) while building relationships between high-income ...
Apr 9, 2023 · Moreover, health inequities in children occur between and within countries, though vast differences exist between low-income, middle-income, and high-income countries (Spencer et al., 2019). Global trends indicate higher infant mortality rates in low-income families (Spencer et al., 2019).
