Gender, health and poverty

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Country profiles and key indicators for population and reproductive health: ( United Nations Population Fund , 2005); These profiles present information on the population policy and reproductive health programme situation in each country in five regions. It looks at the need in almost all countries to expand consider...
An assessment of Thailand's efforts to promote women's reproductive health: ( United Nations Population Fund , 2005); This report examines Thailand’s progress in the area of women’s reproductive health in the context of major international declarations and conventions including the MDGs. The report finds that a persi...
Tackling gender inequalities is key to reducing maternal mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: ( B.N. Simwaka; S. Theobald; Y.P. Amekudzi; R. Tolhurst / British Medical Journal , 2005); This article, taken from the British Medical Journal (BMJ) Africa issue, calls for gender equality to be put on the African agenda. The authors point out that of all the Millennium Development Goals...
How to guarantee health care and economic income for low income groups in Latin American countries: ( A. Castro / Conferencia Interamericana de Seguridad Social / Inter-American Conference on Social Security, Mexico , 2005); Extending social protection to groups that are economically weak or groups that have been excluded from social protection is a topic of permanent concern for governments of almost every developing cou...
Gender equality within the world population: ( United Nations Population Fund , 2005); This year’s The State of World Population Report stresses that gender equality and reproductive health are essential to the success of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The report explores to w...