INTEGRATING RESPONSES TO INEQUALITIES AND DISEASE BURDENS
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Interview with Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović and Joy Phumaphi, co-chairs, Global Preparedness Monitoring Board
A gender-equal health system
Gender inequality has far-reaching impacts on health care, and only by achieving equity can we build preparedness for future health crises
Health Organization outlined the ways that gender inequalities intersect with socio-economic, geographic and cultural factors to create structural barriers to women accessing health care. We also know that the increasing cost of accessing health care in many countries is adding yet another barrier for many women, with the United Nations
The Global Preparedness Monitoring Board has long advocated for improved equity in access to health care. What role does gender play in current inequities? Joy Phumaphi: We know that, as with all inequalities and inequities, health inequality is intersectional. Even before the pandemic, in 2019 the World
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Health: A Political Choice – From Fragmentation to Integration
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