Data Resource Profile: World Health Organization Health Inequality Data Repository

Kirkby, Katherine; Bergen, Nicole; Baptista, Andreia; Schlotheuber, Anne; Hosseinpoor, Ahmad Reza

doi:10.1093/ije/dyad078

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“…To mitigate these international and local issues, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Health Inequality Data Repository in April 2023. This repository prioritized current health and development issues, including HIV (Kirkby et al, 2023;Hosseinpoor et al, 2023). While this is good news, it is important to consider inequalities in terms of specific viral strains of morbidities.…”

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HIV-2 Incidence Decline in West Africa - A Perspective on the Need for Vigilance

Lauya,

Okeke,

Cosmas

et al. 2024

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In the context of the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS in West Africa, the declining incidence of HIV-2 elicits mixed feelings of victory and doubt. Previously, we published a systematic literature review which identified factors contributing to this declining trend but also raised concerns about its sustainability. The aim of this article is to caution against interpreting this trend as a triumph against HIV/AIDS in the region. This caution is deserved due to serious challenges in West Africa that require liberal attention. These include; inadequate diagnostic methods and algorithms for monitoring HIV-2, the possibility of dangerous genetic mutations and resurgence of super-strains, cross-reactivity of HIV types that interfere with accurate reporting of HIV-2 cases, and suboptimal/neglected treatment and care (S/NTC) for HIV-2 individuals. Additionally, gaps in surveillance infrastructure, health inequality in classifying HIV burdens based on HIV type, and deprived HIV-2 research and policy enforcement could create obscurity in HIV-2 data. Considering the existing circumstances, this article highlights the importance of vigilance, re-evaluation of assumptions, and advocacy for unified efforts to address the multidimensional problems associated with HIV-2 to guarantee the sustained integrity of public health.

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Section: Global Health Inequalitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

HIV-2 Incidence Decline in West Africa - A Perspective on the Need for Vigilance

Lauya,

Okeke,

Cosmas

et al. 2024

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“…The WHO's eye-opening analytics reveal that all the destitute countries classified as the lowest in child health equality are present in sub-Saharan Africa. However, unfortunately, Afghanistan and Pakistan are territories with higher child mortality rates, considering the reasons as difficult and accessible rural and urban locations, low literacy, poor education, gender disparity, and poverty [1,64].…”

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“…Health inequality is a universal concern that means the whole world is, on one hand or the other, facing the same disparities in the health sector for a certain population of their country. WHO [1,92] is creating awareness through its different surveys and annual reports to present a workable solution to this gigantic concern, and entire nations cannot be successful until they follow WHO's priorities. The first positive step towards success starts with prioritizing three things: better living standards for the poorer population, equal allocation of resources, and measuring the public health issue with a workable intervention.…”

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“…Health inequality is a prevailing global concern that pertains to the unequal distribution of health resources, but it cannot be better understood until we comprehend the foundational concept of health inequity for the terms "health inequalities" and "health inequities" are used precisely in Literature. According to WHO (2000), health inequality can be understood as "systematic differences in the health status of different population groups" [1]. Health inequity/injustice refers to biased, unfair, and unnecessary health inequalities that are not unavoidable or natural but are the ultimate outcome of human behaviour; however, inequality generically depicts the uneven dissemination of resources [2].…”

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Understanding the Concept of Health Inequality

Bibi,

Mubashir,

Khalid Ghori

et al. 2023

Health Inequality - A Comprehensive Exploration

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Health inequality cannot be comprehensively comprehended until the understanding the concept of health inequity. The former is an unfair allocation of healthcare resources, and the latter is moral. The marginalized individuals, groups and populations in developed and underdeveloped nations remain devoid of equal access to vital healthcare services based on their economic status, gender, age, ethnicity, and class, which determine how an individual would receive health equality. These disparities have the power to wield impact across generations, exert rippling effects on the entire nation, and, remarkably, affect minorities, specific gender, race, ethnicity, class, and individuals with disabilities. Particularly when the world has faced the changes during COVID-19, the governments implementing identifiable strategies to exercise nationwide interventions are somehow successful in decreasing these health disparities, even though still a systematic and structural action plan is to be mandated to achieve long-lasting change by addressing the health determinants of inequality. In the modern era of artificial intelligence, there is a dire need for healthcare organizations to advance and appraise their digital policies and accessible connectivity modes through a wide variety of determinants associated with the digital gap, financial and remote accessibility, and device preferences to the disadvantaged people, especially in rural areas.

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Infectious Diseases and Global Health Inequity

Sharif,

Dey

2024

The Landscape of Global Health Inequity

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Data Resource Profile: World Health Organization Health Inequality Data Repository

Cited by 5 publications

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HIV-2 Incidence Decline in West Africa - A Perspective on the Need for Vigilance

HIV-2 Incidence Decline in West Africa - A Perspective on the Need for Vigilance

Understanding the Concept of Health Inequality

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