Happy International Women's Day!
Throughout much of the world, the moment a baby is identified as female is when she will begin a lifetime of disadvantages in health care that can greatly affect the course her life will take. She will be less likely to receive crucial nutrition and medical care in her childhood, she faces a one in three chance of being a victim of gender-based violence, she is more likely to contract illnesses caused by air pollution from indoor cooking on stoves.
Sociocultural factors like unequal power relationships between men and women, decreased education and paid employment opportunities, and selected focus on women's reproductive roles all contribute to decreased access of quality health care.
The good news is that family doctors have a special understanding of how such factors affect health and are doing critical work globally in addressing women's health.
Take a look at this short video sharing what Doctors Without Borders is doing for maternal health care in Burundi.
IMF maternal care in Burundi
What are you doing with women's and girls' health? Share your story with us by emailing me at ccartwright123@gmail.com.
Throughout much of the world, the moment a baby is identified as female is when she will begin a lifetime of disadvantages in health care that can greatly affect the course her life will take. She will be less likely to receive crucial nutrition and medical care in her childhood, she faces a one in three chance of being a victim of gender-based violence, she is more likely to contract illnesses caused by air pollution from indoor cooking on stoves.
Sociocultural factors like unequal power relationships between men and women, decreased education and paid employment opportunities, and selected focus on women's reproductive roles all contribute to decreased access of quality health care.
The good news is that family doctors have a special understanding of how such factors affect health and are doing critical work globally in addressing women's health.
Take a look at this short video sharing what Doctors Without Borders is doing for maternal health care in Burundi.
IMF maternal care in Burundi
What are you doing with women's and girls' health? Share your story with us by emailing me at ccartwright123@gmail.com.
