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  1. Health equity - World Health Organization (WHO)

    Aug 29, 2025 · Progressively realizing the right to health means systematically identifying and eliminating inequities resulting from differences in health and in overall living conditions.

  2. Health equity - Wikipedia

    Health inequality is the term used in a number of countries to refer to those instances whereby the health of two demographic groups (not necessarily ethnic or racial groups) differs despite …

  3. What is health inequity? Definition, examples, and root causes

    May 17, 2021 · Health inequity refers to avoidable differences in the health of different social groups. Read on to learn about examples, its causes, and more.

  4. Health Inequity - Definition and Explanation

    Health inequity refers to unfair, avoidable differences in health outcomes and access to healthcare across different population groups. These inequities arise from systemic factors such as …

  5. What are health inequalites | NICE

    Health inequalities refer to the systematic, unfair, and preventable differences in health outcomes observed across the population and among various social groups.

  6. Health Disparities and Health Inequities: Impact and Advocacy

    Apr 9, 2024 · Health disparities (also called health inequities) are differences in health outcomes between different populations, and they are a major public health concern.

  7. What is Health Inequity? – Health Equity - Virginia Department of Health

    Sep 1, 2016 · The absence of differences in health between groups with differential exposure to those social and economic policies and practices that create barriers to opportunity.

  8. About Health Equity | NCHHSTP Health Equity | CDC

    Feb 5, 2024 · 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 …

  9. Chapter 1. What are health inequalities and why monitor them?

    Health inequalities are conceptually distinct from other forms of social and economic inequality, such as gender inequality, income inequality and racial inequality.

  10. Health Inequalities, Disparities, Equity: What’s in a Name?

    Jun 11, 2025 · “For the purposes of measurement and operationalisation, equity in health is the absence of systematic disparities in health (or in the major social determinants of health) …