Converging global health agendas and universal health coverage: financing whole-of-government action through UHC+

UN member states have committed to universal health coverage (UHC) to ensure all individuals and communities receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship. Although the pursuit of UHC should unify disparate global health challenges, it is too commonly seen as another standalone initiative with a singular focus on the health sector. Despite […]

Is intimate partner violence declining in low-income and middle-income countries?

Global estimates of intimate partner violence suggest that 27% of ever-partnered women aged 15–49 years have experienced physical or sexual intimate partners. violence in their lifetime, and 13% reported intimate partner violence over the past year.1 These experiences disproportionately affect women in low-income and middle-income countries compared with high-income countries, with past-year intimate partner violence […]

Partnerships with religious leaders to promote family planning in rural Tanzania: an open-label, cluster randomized trial

Family planning benefits maternal–child health, education, and economic well-being. Despite global efforts, an unsatisfied demand for family planning persists in sub-Saharan Africa. Based on previous successful partnerships, this study aimed to determine whether an educational intervention for religious leaders would increase community knowledge, demand for, and ultimately uptake of family planning.

Health policies must consider gender, including men

Health policies that do not consider gendered patterns in health continue to undermine efforts to improve global health and well-being. When health policies include gender considerations, gender is almost always used to refer to women and women’s health. Greater progress on women’s health is a crucial and unfinished project, but the concept of gender should […]

Coping with the pandemic (2023)

Partnerships with religious leaders to promote family planning in rural Tanzania: an open-label, cluster randomized trial.

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Health policies must consider gender, including men

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What Works to Narrow Gender Gaps and Empower Women in Sub-Saharan Africa?

What Works to Narrow Gender Gaps and Empower Women in Sub-Saharan Africa? (worldbank.org) This report summarizes and comprises 8 evidence briefs that are based on a review of more than 150 studies analyzing the effectiveness of gender equality interventions across 26 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The briefs identify effective and promising interventions to narrow gender gaps, […]

Drivers of child marriage in specifc settings of Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia – fndings from the Yes I Do! baseline study

Child marriage persists in many countries and has severe impacts on the health, education, economic and social status of girls. Child marriage has many interlinked causes. This study aimed to explore the drivers of child marriage in specific contexts in Ethiopia, Indonesia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique and Zambia. The study combined a household survey among youth […]

Priorities for research on family planning impact: recommendations of a WHO Think Tank meeting

WHO commissioned systematic reviews to synthesize the evidence on the impact of family planning on the health and empowerment of women. A Think Tank meeting was held from 23 to 24 February 2023 to review the evidence and to identify gaps in knowledge. Thirty-four international experts and staff of partner agencies attended the meeting. This commentary […]