Gender and Global Health Inequality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-47
Author(s):  
Roopa Dhatt ◽  
Caitlin Pley
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequality

The Politics of Global Health Inequalities

2019 ◽  
pp. 58-84
Author(s):  
Yusra Ribhi Shawar ◽  
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Critical Theory ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequalities ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
The Political ◽  
State Of Health ◽  
Political Determinants ◽  
The Social

Careful investigations of the political determinants of health that include the role of power in health inequalities—systematic differences in health achievements among different population groups—are increasing but remain inadequate. Historically, much of the research examining health inequalities has been influenced by biomedical perspectives and focused, as such, on ‘downstream’ factors. More recently, there has been greater recognition of more ‘distal’ and ‘upstream’ drivers of health inequalities, including the impacts of power as expressed by actors, as well as embedded in societal structures, institutions, and processes. The goal of this chapter is to examine how power has been conceptualised and analysed to date in relation to health inequalities. After reviewing the state of health inequality scholarship and the emerging interest in studying power in global health, the chapter presents varied conceptualisations of power and how they are used in the literature to understand health inequalities. The chapter highlights the particular disciplinary influences in studying power across the social sciences, including anthropology, political science, and sociology, as well as cross-cutting perspectives such as critical theory and health capability. It concludes by highlighting strengths and limitations of the existing research in this area and discussing power conceptualisations and frameworks that so far have been underused in health inequalities research. This includes potential areas for future inquiry and approaches that may expand the study of as well as action on addressing health inequality.

Global Health Inequality: Comparing Inequality-Adjusted Life Expectancy over Time

2016 ◽  
pp. phw033 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisabeth Marie Strømme ◽  
Ole Frithjof Norheim
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Over Time

Gender and Global Health Inequality

2021 ◽  
pp. 1145-1191
Author(s):  
Roopa Dhatt ◽  
Caitlin Pley
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequality

scholarly journals Quantifying changes in global health inequality: the Gini and Slope Inequality Indices applied to the Global Burden of Disease data, 1990–2017

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (5) ◽  
pp. e001500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fridolin Steinbeis ◽  
Dzintars Gotham ◽  
Peter von Philipsborn ◽  
Jan M Stratil
Keyword(s):  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequality ◽  
Burden Of Disease ◽  
Disease Burden ◽  
International Health ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Global Burden Of Disease ◽  
Global Burden ◽  
Relative Inequality ◽  
Life Years

BackgroundThe major shifts in the global burden of disease over the past decades are well documented, but how these shifts have affected global inequalities in health remains an underexplored topic. We applied comprehensive inequality measures to data from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study.MethodsBetween-country relative inequality was measured by the population-weighted Gini Index, between-country absolute inequality was calculated using the population-weighted Slope Inequality Index (SII). Both were applied to country-level GBD data on age-standardised disability-adjusted life years.FindingsAbsolute global health inequality measured by the SII fell notably between 1990 (0.68) and 2017 (0.42), mainly driven by a decrease of disease burden due to communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional diseases (CMNN). By contrast, relative inequality remained essentially unchanged from 0.21 to 0.19 (1990–2017), with a peak of 0.23 (2000–2008). The main driver for the increase of relative inequality 1990–2008 was the HIV epidemic in Sub-Saharan Africa. Relative inequality increased 1990–2017 within each of the three main cause groups: CMNNs; non-communicable diseases (NCDs); and injuries.ConclusionsDespite considerable reductions in disease burden in 1990–2017 and absolute health inequality between countries, absolute and relative international health inequality remain high. The limited reduction of relative inequality has been largely due to shifts in disease burden from CMNNs and injuries to NCDs. If progress in the reduction of health inequalities is to be sustained beyond the global epidemiological transition, the fight against CMNNs and injuries must be joined by increased efforts for NCDs.

scholarly journals Global health inequality and women – beyond maternal health

Anaesthesia ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 76 (S4) ◽  
pp. 6-9
Author(s):  
S. N. Myatra ◽  
S. Tripathy ◽  
S. Einav
Keyword(s):  
Maternal Health ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Health Inequality
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