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A Framework and Indicators for Monitoring Gender Equality and Health in the Americas

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English; 98 pages (updated 19 Dec. 2019) (1.388Mb)
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2019-12-18
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978-92-75-12158-0
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978-92-75-12159-7
DOI
https://doi.org/10.37774/9789275121580
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Pan American Health Organization
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Abstract
[Executive Summary]. Member States of the Region of the Americas have committed to the Strategy for Universal Access to Health and Universal Health Coverage (CD53. R14). At the same time, health experts and policymakers in many parts of the world have begun to set new targets and benchmarks in follow-up to the Sustainable Development Goals and Targets adopted by the United Nations (UN) in September 2015. As part of these processes, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is working with the countries of the Americas to ensure that related resolutions, strategies, and action plans are supported with appropriate frameworks and data for monitoring and evaluating gender equality in health. The purpose of this document is to propose an updated framework and set of core indicators for monitoring advances on gender equality in health in the Region, within the framework of renewed regional commitment to health...
Subject
Health Equity; Sustainable Development; Health Programs and Plans; Gender Equality; Universal Health Coverage; Strategies for Universal Health Coverage; Gender and Health; Health Status Indicators; Health Inequality Indicators; Americas
Category of PAHO Strategic Plan 2014-2019
Cat 3. Determinants of Health and Promoting Health throughout the Life Course
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https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/51786
Citation
Pan American Health Organization. A Framework and Indicators for Monitoring Gender Equality and Health in the Americas. Washington, D.C.: PAHO; 2019.
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