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Washington Post: Read WHO's Global Health Observatory



"It lets you look up statistics on a country-by-country level or by region, through searches, or by checking out a list of topics, such as individual diseases, essential medications and health financing.

One of the GHO’s most insightful tools is its Health Equity Monitor, an interactive graph that showcases inequalities across and between countries for different maternal, newborn and child health interventions.

For example, you can use the tool to show differences between how women’s family planning needs are met at various educational levels. Thirty-seven percent of women with no education have their family planning needs met through modern methods, while 53 percent of women with a secondary education do.

It lets you look up statistics on a country-by-country level or by region, through searches, or by checking out a list of topics, such as individual diseases, essential medications and health financing.

One of the GHO’s most insightful tools is its Health Equity Monitor, an interactive graph that showcases inequalities across and between countries for different maternal, newborn and child health interventions.

For example, you can use the tool to show differences between how women’s family planning needs are met at various educational levels. Thirty-seven percent of women with no education have their family planning needs met through modern methods, while 53 percent of women with a secondary education do."

Dig into the statistics here: https://www.who.int/gho/en/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/world-health-by-the-quite-interesting-numbers/2019/07/26/f5cf3386-ae0f-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html?utm_term=.b8a8fe81a418

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