Promoting women's public health issues

Identification and promotion of women and their issues in international public health such as: safer motherhood, maternal health and child health, employment training, legislation, policy formation and support of pilot projects.

Women have specific health care needs. More than one third of disease that burdens women between the ages of 15 and 44 are conditions that afflict women exclusively or predominantly.

Sponsor panels on women's health; provide exchange forum and technical assistance of existing training, resources and materials on women's health areas; research neglected women's health areas; publicize information and run campaigns to focus on such issues.

1. The health of women influences the health status of other family members because women need to be healthy in order to fulfil their roles as mothers and household managers.

1. Strengthening comprehensive health care for women
2. Safeguarding public health
3. Providing public health services
4. Promoting health
5. Promoting-Demoting

1. Promoting safe motherhood
2. Advocating for menstrual equity
3. Informing about womens health hazards
4. Giving special attention to informing women on demographic impacts
5. Giving attention to sexual health of women
6. Educating about women's health
7. Conducting surveys on the health and nutrition of women

1. Reducing health risk of menopause
2. Eliminating discrimination against women

1. Providing government forums on public issues

1. Social isolation of women at home
2. Neglect of sexual health of women
3. Male bias of medicine
4. Insufficient birth spacing in families
5. Ignorance of women concerning primary health care
6. Discrimination against men in child bearing
7. Commercial surrogate mothers

1. Inattention
2. Health
3. Discrimination [D]
4. Discrimination [C]
5. Attention