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 […]

CALL TO ACTION, INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PRIMARY HEALTH CARE S E P T E M B E R , 2 0 2 3

From September 5-7, 2023, the International Conference on Primary Health Care in Addis Ababa convened more than 600 leaders, champions and advocates from approximately 50 countries. The Conference call to action is for bold investments in Primary Health Care to fulfil Astana commitments and to achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030. Primary Health Care is […]

Prevalence of heavy menstrual bleeding and associations with physical health and wellbeing in low-income and middle-income countries: a multinational cross-sectional study

4828 women were included in the final analytic sample. Factor analysis indicated a one-factor model representing heavy menstrual bleeding. In the pooled analytic sample, 2344 (48·6%) of 4828 women were classified as experiencing heavy menstrual bleeding, and the prevalence was lowest in Dakar (126 [38·3%] of 329 women) and Kampala (158 [38·4%] of 411 women) […]

The risk of perinatal mortality following short interpregnancy intervals—insights from 692402 pregnancies in 113 Demographic and Health Surveys from 46 countries: a population-based analysis

Background Inter-pregnancy interval has been identified as a potentially modifiable risk factor to improve perinatal outcomes. We examined the WHO recommended interval of at least 24 months after a livebirth to the next pregnancy, and its recommendation of waiting for at least 6 months after a pregnancy loss to improve subsequent pregnancy outcomes. We aimed […]