Download the final 'Closing the Gap' publication: Taking Action on Health Equity.
This publication contains summaries of what each of the 21 ´Closing the Gap´ partners are doing to address health inequalities in their countries, as well as the conclusions and recommendations of this 3-year initiative.
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Figure 13: Number of countries evaluating their health inequalities programmes.
18 countries indicated that their programs and activities associated with health inequality are at some level evaluated. The methodology and tools mentioned for the evaluation vary a great deal, ranging from the use of the ‘relative inequality index’ national statistic reports to monitor progress or quantitative, qualitative and action research.
Figure 14: Number of countries reformulating their health inequalities policies after evaluation.
The reformulation of health inequalities policies on the basis of evaluation reports is not systematically undertaken. Only 8 countries indicated that evaluation results are being used to inform future actions or change of policy orientation.
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