Gender - World Health Organization (WHO)
Sep 28, 2025 · Gender is hierarchical and produces inequalities that intersect with other social and economic inequalities. Gender-based discrimination intersects with other factors of …
Gender-responsive approaches to the acceptability, availability and ...
Mar 8, 2024 · Relatively little evidence has examined the different effects of population-level alcohol control policies on different genders, and even less has addressed how gender …
WHO report reveals gender inequalities at the root of global crisis …
Mar 13, 2024 · A new report published by the World Health Organization (WHO), “Fair share for health and care: gender and the undervaluation of health and care work" illustrates how …
Ensuring gender-responsive health systems
Mar 15, 2019 · Universal health coverage (UHC) is based on principles of equity. However, even a well-functioning health system striving towards UHC is not necessarily equitable and gender …
Social determinants of health - World Health Organization (WHO)
May 6, 2025 · Social determinants of health – broadly defined as the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and people’s access to power, money and resources – …
Gender and health in the Western Pacific
May 12, 2025 · Gender equality in health means that all genders experience fairness and justice in the distribution of benefits, power, resources, and responsibilities, so that individuals can …
Gender incongruence and transgender health in the ICD
What is the ICD? The International Classification serves to record and report health and health-related conditions globally. ICD ensures interoperability of digital health data, and their …
The best of both: creating gender equity in nursing and midwifery ...
Oct 11, 2022 · Women comprise almost 70% of health-care workers globally and nearly 90% of the nursing and midwifery workforce. However, it is estimated that they hold only around 25% …
Breast cancer - World Health Organization (WHO)
WHO fact sheet on breast cancer, including information on prevalence, risk factors, symptoms, management, global impact and WHO's work on breast cancer.
World Suicide Prevention Day
Sep 10, 2025 · World Suicide Prevention Day, marked annually on 10 September, is organized by the International Association for Suicide Prevention, in conjunction with the World Health …