Women and health : today's evidence tomorrow's agenda.

Contributor(s):

World Health Organization

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Geneva, Switzerland : World Health Organization, c2009.Description: xvi, 91 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9789241563857
9241563850

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DDC classification:

613/.04244 22

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Understanding women's health in the world today -- The girl child -- Adolescent girls -- Adult women : the reproductive years -- Adult women -- Older women -- Policy implications -- Conclusion.

Summary: Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda. WHO calls for action both within the health sector and beyond to improve the health and lives of girls and women around the world, from birth to older age. The report provides the latest and most comprehensive evidence available to date on women's specific needs and health challenges over their entire life-course. The report includes the latest global and regional figures on the health and leading causes of death in women from birth, through childhood, adolescence and adulthood, to older age.--Publisher's description.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Texts - cam	TNU, Faculty of Nursing and Health Science General stacks	613.04244 WHO (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	FNHS25010774

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Understanding women's health in the world today -- The girl child -- Adolescent girls -- Adult women : the reproductive years -- Adult women -- Older women -- Policy implications -- Conclusion.

Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda. WHO calls for action both within the health sector and beyond to improve the health and lives of girls and women around the world, from birth to older age. The report provides the latest and most comprehensive evidence available to date on women's specific needs and health challenges over their entire life-course. The report includes the latest global and regional figures on the health and leading causes of death in women from birth, through childhood, adolescence and adulthood, to older age.--Publisher's description.

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