Visual impairment disproportionately affects people in low-income countries. A high proportion of visual impairment can be prevented or cured. Yet, care seeking for eye health is restricted for women and older adults. This article uses an intersectional approach to understand how eye care seeking behaviour changes in men and women with increases in age and […]
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Policy makers should consider gender at all levels of the health system, and in all activities. This would lead to a more equitable health system that serves everyone, and meets health goals. Many policy makers are interested in gender equity, but lack guidance on how to implement changes in the health system. Questions of gender […]
To achieve Universal Health Coverage by 2030, efforts will be needed to ensure marginalized groups are identified and reached, and that the barriers they face in accessing services are removed. Particular attention will need to be paid to understanding and addressing the complex gendered dimensions of marginalization and exclusion. The starting point for this is […]
Identifying the urban poor and increasing their access to basic health services is difficult for policy makers as currently there are no data at the local level. As part of COMDIS, HERD International is working in Pokhara (Nepal) to stimulate multi-sectoral responses to create an urban health system able to improve health and social outcomes […]
Health inequity has mainly been linked to differences in economic status, with the poor facing greater challenges accessing healthcare than the less poor. To extend financial coverage to the poor and vulnerable, Kenya has therefore implemented several pro-poor health policy reforms. However, other social determinants of health such as gender and disability also influence health […]
To extend financing coverage to the poor and vulnerable, Kenya has implemented several pro-poor health policy reforms since 2013: 1) The introduction of a free maternity programme 2) The abolition of user fees in public primary healthcare facilities (dispensaries and health centers) 3) The introduction of a Health Insurance Subsidy Programme (HISP) for the poor. Health inequity has mainly been […]
This brief explores ways in which male involvement in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT) could be strengthened in Nigeria. PMTCT services offered to women in Nigeria include: ante-natal care, basic information about HIV transmission and prevention; HIV counselling and testing; prevention of unintended pregnancy; and antiretroviral treatment. A lack of male involvement is considered a key challenge to the uptake of PMTCT. […]
Gender roles and relations play an important role in child health and nutritional status. While there is increasing recognition of the need to incorporate gender analysis in health planning and programme development, there has been relatively little attention paid to the gendered nature of child nutrition interventions. This qualitative study undertaken in rural Coastal Kenya […]
This poster summarizes the findings from a study on eye health in the Indian Sundarbans which analysed the role of gender and intersectionality in health. The scale of the issue Worldwide 6701 million people are visually impaired, 90% visually impaired people live in low to middle-income countries. India alone contributes 22% of the world’s visually impaired, while it is home to […]
Around 12.5% of the total population of Uganda are living with one form of disability. Maternal and newborn mortality remains unacceptably high. Most efforts to improve maternal, newborn and child health in Uganda have focused on access and quality of care for women in general, paying no attention to special populations like women with physical disabilities with a high likelihood of poor outcomes. […]