Women and health [[electronic resource] ] : today's evidence tomorrow's agenda / / World Health Organization

• Pubblicazione: Geneva, : WHO, c2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (104 p.)
• Disciplina: 610; 613/.04244
• Soggetto topico: Women - Health and hygiene; Women's health services; Life change events; Health status indicators; Social justice; Gender identity; Political planning; World health
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title page; Foreword; Introduction; Executive summary; Chapter 1: understanding women's health in the world today; Chapter 2: The girl child; Chapter 3: Adolescent girl; Chapter 4: Adult women: the reproductive years; Chapter 5: Adult women; Chapter 6: Older women; Chapter 7: Policy implications; Conclusion; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This is a report on women and health - both women's health needs and their contribution to the health of societies. Women's health has long been a concern for WHO, but today it has become an urgent priority. This report explains why. Using current data, it takes stock of what we know now about the health of women throughout their lives and across the different regions of the world. Highlighting key issues - some of which are familiar, others that merit far greater attention - the report identifies opportunities for making more rapid progress. It points to areas in which better information - pl
• Titolo autorizzato: Women and health
• ISBN: 1-282-45620-2; 9786612456206; 92-4-068419-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781055103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Nonserial Publications