This paper focuses on the inequalitiesin health, nutrition, and population in Niger. It presentsdata on disaggregated health status and health servicesutilization that is organized by asset or wealth quintiles,a form that enables readers to better understand thedistribution of these indicators from the poorest sectionsto the richest sections of society. That is, the profiletakes data on population as well as on reproductive andchild health and nutrition from tables presented in theGuatemala version of Socio-Economic Differences in Health,Nutrition and Population (Gwatkin, Rustein, Johnson, Pande,and Wagstaff, 2000) and presents them in a more easilyaccessible format designed to call attention to theinequalities that exist among socioeconomic groups. Thesekinds of disaggregated data have great potential value forthe design and implementation of efforts to achieve theMillennium Development Goals (MDGs) for health in a mannerthat can bring about the greatest possible gains for thepoor. By focusing attention on the problems suffered by thedisadvantaged groups that are of greatest concern, thesedata can increase the likelihood that MDG initiatives willeffectively deal with those problems and reach those groups.The profile also provides evidence of successfulinterventions that have reached those who are poor. The hopeis that this attention will stimulate thought about how bestto reach the neediest groups with health services and other programs.
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