Edited by Timothy Evans, Margaret Whitehead, Finn Diderichsen, Abbas Bhuiya and Meg Wirth.
Challenging Inequities in Health: From Ethics to Action provides new perspectives on the idea of health equity, the scale of the inequalities and the ways in which gender, social context and globalization impact the health of populations in thirteen countries. The studies seek to expose health disparities within countries, revealing stark social inequalities in life expectancy and health status.
Monitoring equity and research policy
Challenging Inequities in Health: from ethics to action
Female Circumcision in Sudan:
Future Prospects and Strategies for Eradication
Female circumcision--also known as female genital mutilation--is widely practiced in some parts of Sudan. Information about attitudes toward the practice, the reasons why women support it and the social and demographic predictors associated with support for it are needed for development of eradication strategies.
Gender and Health Equity Resource Guide
by Elaine Baume, Mercedes Juarez, Hilary Standing,
Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, April 2001
A resource from the Gender and Health Equity Network, a partner of the Health and Social Change Programme at IDS. The purpose of this resource guide is to give an overview of gender sensitive interventions and initiatives directly or indirectly related to health that have been tried at macro and micro levels. Through mapping different experiences, the guide provides information on lessons learned, results achieved, and the challenges that have emerged in promoting gender and health equity. It includes information on gender-sensitive approaches, working methods, practical methodologies and tools which can be incorporated into policies and programmes. In pulling these resources together our aim is to create a practical reference mechanism for those involved in implementing programmes and policies worldwide. We felt that a guide to existing resources that could be periodically updated and reviewed would be more useful than commissioning more exhaustive but perhaps less accessible review papers.
JHPIEGO: Work In Policy: A Comprehensive Review
Changes in policy at all levels of a healthcare system are often necessary to achieve program objectives and secure the success of performance improvement activities. In the course of our work, JHPIEGO has helped to develop, implement and evaluate policy in many countries and at a variety of levels. The latest technical report, "JHPIEGO's Work In Policy: A Comprehensive Review", documents JHPIEGO's efforts in policy development (particularly through the Training in Reproductive Health Project), and reveals a scope that was underestimated even by many JHPIEGO staff. To obtain a copy of the technical report, please contact Kathleen Hines.
Contact: khines@jhpiego.org