tailieunhanh - Gender, women and primary health care renewal: a discussion paper

The country case studies make clear that international partners share some of the blame, particularly because they too often fail to coordinate programs to help promote more integrated, comprehensive health care for women. However, it is equally clear that many of the obstacles are wholly local in nature: National governments and policymakers are often unable or unwilling to initiate or sustain health care programs and reforms that would improve women’s access to services and, by extension, reduce rates of vertical transmission. Four out of the six countries in the report are low-burden ones: Argentina, Cambodia, Moldova and Morocco. In. | Gender women and primary health care renewal a discussion paper Gender women and primary health care renewal A discussion paper July 2010 World Health Organization WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Gender women and primary health care renewal a discussion paper. 1. Women s health. 2. Primary health care. 3. Gender identity. 4. Women s health services. 4. Sex factors. 5. Healthcare disparities. I. World Health Organization. ISBN 978 92 4 156403 8 NLM classification WA 309 World Health Organization 2010 All rights reserved. Publications of the World Health Organization can be obtained from WHO Press World Health Organization 20 Avenue Appia 1211 Geneva 27 Switzerland tel. 41 22 791 3264 fax 41 22 791 4857 e-mail bookorders@ . Requests for permission to reproduce or translate WHO publications - whether for sale or for noncommercial distribution - should be addressed to WHO Press at the above address fax 41 22 791 4806 e-mail permissions@ . The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country territory city or area or of its authorities or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters. All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind either expressed or implied. The .