Hosseinpoor Ahmad Reza, Schlotheuber Anne, Nambiar Devaki, Ross Zev
a Department of Information, Evidence and Research , World Health Organization , Geneva , Switzerland.
b The George Institute for Global Health , Delhi , India.
Glob Health Action. 2018;11(sup1):1440783. doi: 10.1080/16549716.2018.1440783.
As a key step in advancing the sustainable development goals, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed emphasis on building capacity for measuring and monitoring health inequalities. A number of resources have been developed, including the Health Equity Assessment Toolkit (HEAT), a software application that facilitates the assessment of within-country health inequalities. Following user demand, an Upload Database Edition of HEAT, HEAT Plus, was developed. Launched in July 2017, HEAT Plus allows users to upload their own databases and assess inequalities at the global, national or subnational level for a range of (health) indicators and dimensions of inequality. The software is open-source, operates on Windows and Macintosh platforms and is readily available for download from the WHO website. The flexibility of HEAT Plus makes it a suitable tool for both global and national inequality assessments. Further developments will include interactive graphs, maps and translation into different languages.
作为推进可持续发展目标的关键一步，世界卫生组织（WHO）强调建设衡量和监测健康不平等状况的能力。现已开发出多种资源，包括健康公平评估工具包（HEAT），这是一款有助于评估国内健康不平等状况的软件应用程序。应用户需求，又开发了HEAT的上传数据库版本HEAT Plus。HEAT Plus于2017年7月推出，用户可上传自己的数据库，并针对一系列（健康）指标和不平等维度，在全球、国家或次国家层面评估不平等状况。该软件为开源软件，可在Windows和Macintosh平台上运行，可从WHO网站轻松下载。HEAT Plus的灵活性使其成为全球和国家不平等评估的合适工具。未来的进一步开发将包括交互式图表、地图以及翻译成不同语言。
