Health equity - World Health Organization (WHO) Health equity is a public health concept describing equity of access to health resources, for genetic, socio-environmental and economic determinants of health varying according to individuals, families and social or societal groups
About Health Equity | NCHHSTP Health Equity | CDC Health equity is the attainment of the highest level of health for all people Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities and injustices, and the elimination of health and healthcare disparities
Health equity WPRO Health equity is the absence of unfair and avoidable or remediable differences in health among population groups defined socially, economically, demographically, geographically, or otherwise Health equity is intricately linked to both structural and social determinants of health, as these factors influence the distribution of power and resources, as well as health outcomes, experiences, and
World Report on Social Determinants of Health Equity The social determinants of health equity outweigh genetic influences, health-care access or personal choices in influencing health outcomes Within countries, life expectancy varies by decades, depending on which area you live in and the social group to which you belong
Health equity and its determinants We need to commit to building a fairer and healthier world by taking health equity much more seriously than before – and meet head-on the social and economic factors that cause health inequities
Health equity - World Health Organization (WHO) WHO identifies achieving universal coverage as a strategic priority, with the goal of 1 billion more people benefitting from universal health coverage by 2023
WHO launches Health Inequality Monitoring Network to catalyse progress . . . In June 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) established the Health Inequality Monitoring (HIM) Network—a WHO-led initiative committed to advancing health equity and inclusive health systems Hosted by the Department of Data, Digital Health, Analytics and AI, the HIM Network advocates for the implementation of the Inequality Monitoring and Analysis Strategy, which supports three goals
WHO releases updated Health Inequality Data Repository and Health . . . WHO has released updated versions of two key resources as part of the Health Inequality Monitor to strengthen data accessibility and usability for health equity The WHO Health Inequality Data Repository (HIDR), the largest public repository of health inequality data, has been updated with the latest available data from publicly available sources It now contains over 13 million data points
Rhode Island’s Health Equity Zone (HEZ) Initiative Description Rhode Island's Health Equity Zones (HEZ) are specific geographic areas ranging in size from a few city blocks to an entire county, with populations of 5,000 residents or more, and with sub-populations experiencing different health outcomes Rhode Island had been working on addressing these conditions for years and significantly increased efforts after launching the HEZ initiative