Investing in the health of girls and women: a best buy for sustainable development

Remme, Michelle; Vassall, Anna; Fernando, Gabriela; Bloom, David E.

doi:10.1136/bmj.m1175

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“…Improving the health of women benefits all members of our society. 33 Increasing research on the health of women has been demonstrated to produce significant returns on investment. 34 The 5-year, 2019–2023 Trans-National Institutes of Health Strategic Plan for Women's Health Research sets out an ambitious vision for a world in which the biomedical research enterprise thoroughly integrates sex and gender influences through the following five strategic goals:Advance rigorous research that is relevant to the health of women.Develop methods and leverage data sources to consider sex and gender influences that enhance research for the health of women.Enhance dissemination and implementation of evidence to improve the health of women.Promote training and careers to develop a well-trained, diverse, and robust workforce to advance science for the health of women.Improve evaluation of research that is relevant to the health of women.…”

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Perspectives From Advancing National Institutes of Health Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women

Temkin

Noursi

Regensteiner

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Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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Perspectives From Advancing National Institutes of Health Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women

Temkin

Noursi

Regensteiner

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Obstetrics &Amp; Gynecology

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“…32 Interventions for improving mother's health literacy and education and integrating husband's and elder's participation could be sufficient for the short-term goals. Given the lessons learned from other countries by targeting women's empowerment and gender equality, 33 Vietnam should integrate these aspects into its national action plan to improve UHC and other health-related SDG outcomes in the long run.…”

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Trends in, projections of, and inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health service coverage in Vietnam 2000-2030: A Bayesian analysis at national and sub-national levels

Nguyen

Rahman

et al. 2021

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

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Background: To assess the reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health (RMNCH) service coverage in Vietnam with trends in 20 0 0 −2014, projections and probability of achieving targets in 2030 at national and sub-national levels; and to analyze the socioeconomic, regional and urban-rural inequalities in RMNCH service indicators. Methods:We used national population-based datasets of 44,624 households in Vietnam from 20 0 0 to 2014. We applied Bayesian regression models to estimate the trends in and projections of RMNCH indicators and the probabilities of achieving the 2030 targets. Using the relative index, slope index, and concentration index of inequality, we examined the patterns and trends in RMNCH coverage inequality.Findings: We projected that 9 out of 17 health service indicators (53%) would likely achieve the 2030 targets at the national level, including at least one and four ANC visits, BCG immunization, access to improved water and adequate sanitation, institutional delivery, skilled birth attendance, care-seeking for pneumonia, and ARI treatment. We observed very low coverages and zero chance of achieving the 2030 targets at national and sub-national levels in early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding, family planning needs satisfied, and oral rehydration therapy. The most deprived households living in rural areas and the Northwest, Northeast, North Central, Central Highlands, and Mekong River Delta regions would not reach the 80% immunization coverage of DPT3, Polio3, Measles and full immunization. We found socioeconomic, regional, and urban-rural inequalities in all RMNCH indicators in 2014 and no change in inequalities over 15 years in the lowest-coverage indicators.Interpretation: Vietnam has made substantial progress toward UHC. By improving the government's health system reform efforts, re-allocating resources focusing on people in the most impoverished rural regions, and restructuring and enhancing current health programs, Vietnam can achieve the UHC targets and other health-related SDGs.

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“…While this work has brought increased visibility on the data and best practices to advance care, there is global lag in translation of findings into clinical policies and national policy. Outside of maternal child health, women's health and, importantly, gender‐based differences in health and health outcomes continue to lag 101 . In addition, it is key to address the impacts of health system infrastructure on gender‐based differences in care and subsequent health outcomes 102 .…”

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When women win, we all win—Call for a gendered global NCD agenda

Ngaruiya

2022

FASEB BioAdvances

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Gender is a social determinant of health, interacting with other factors such as income, education, and housing and affects health care access and health care outcomes. This paper reviews key literature and policies on health disparities and gender disparities within health. It examines noncommunicable disease (NCD) health outcomes through a gender lens and challenges existing prevailing measures of success for NCD outcomes that focus primarily on mortality. Chronic respiratory disease, one of the four leading contributors to NCD mortality, is highlighted as a case study to demonstrate the gender gap. Women have different risk factors and higher morbidity for chronic respiratory disease compared to men but morbidity is shadowed by a penultimate research focus on mortality, which results in less attention to the gap in women's NCD outcomes. This, in turn, affects how resources, programs, and interventions are implemented. It will likely slow progress in reducing overall NCD burden if we do not address risk factors in an equitable fashion. The article closes with recommendations to address these gender gaps in NCD outcomes. At the policy level, increasing representation and inclusion in global public health leadership, prioritizing NCDs among marginalized populations by global health societies and political organizations, aligning the gendered global NCD agenda with other well‐established movements will each catalyze change for gender‐based disparities in global NCDs specifically. Lastly, incorporating gender‐based indicators and targets in major NCD‐related goals and advancing gender‐based NCD research will strengthen the evidence base for women's unique NCD risks and health outcomes.

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Investing in the health of girls and women: a best buy for sustainable development

Cited by 23 publications

References 53 publications

Perspectives From Advancing National Institutes of Health Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women

Perspectives From Advancing National Institutes of Health Research to Inform and Improve the Health of Women

Trends in, projections of, and inequalities in reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health service coverage in Vietnam 2000-2030: A Bayesian analysis at national and sub-national levels

When women win, we all win—Call for a gendered global NCD agenda

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