Perspectives on Women’s Health and Medicines in Developing Countries

2014 ◽  
pp. 497-529
Author(s):  
Nighat M. Khan
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health

Women's Health in Developing Countries: Beyond an Investment?

2010 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 543-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. S. Mohindra ◽  
Béatrice Nikiéma
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
International Development ◽  
Inclusive Development ◽  
International Programs ◽  
Women's Lives ◽  
Development Goals ◽  
Public Health Strategies

Most international programs and policies devised to improve women's health in developing countries have been shaped by powerful agencies and development ideologies, including the tendency to view women solely through the lens of instrumentalism (i.e., as a means to an end). In a literature review, the authors followed the trail of instrumentalism by reviewing the different approaches and paradigms that have guided international development initiatives over the past 50 years. The analysis focuses on three key approaches to international development: the economic development, public health, and women-gender approaches. The findings indicate that progressive changes have adopted a more inclusive development perspective that is potentially beneficial to women's health. On the other hand, most paradigms have largely viewed improving women's lives in general, and their health in particular, as an investment or a means to development rather than an end in itself. Public health strategies did not escape the instrumentalism entrenched in the broader development paradigms. Although there was an opportunity for progress in the 1990s with the emergence of the human development and human rights paradigms and critical advances in Cairo and Beijing promoting women's agency, the current Millennium Development Goals project seems to have relapsed into instrumentalism.

Technology and Women's Health in Developing Countries

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol P. MacCormack
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Oral Rehydration ◽  
Health Technologies ◽  
The Impact

In developing countries is medical technology transfer reaching women? Do women control new technologies or are they only passive recipients? What is the impact of these new technologies on women's health and welfare? To answer these questions this article explores concepts of health, technologies, and women, then gives findings from an extensive literature search on contraception, childbirth, immunization, essential drugs, oral rehydration therapy, water, sanitation, and breastfeeding. The article concludes with recommendations on pre-project planning studies, monitoring, and evaluation.

Expanding Concern for Women's Health in Developing Countries

2010 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matilda Saliba ◽  
Huda Zurayk
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health

scholarly journals Impact of Health Costs and Good Governance Given Carbon Dioxide Threshold on Men's and Women's Health in Selected Developing Countries

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-40
Author(s):  
Narges Salehnia ◽  
Hamed Mokhtari Torshizi ◽  
Seyed Mohammad Seyedi ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Health Costs

The Women's Health Care Empowerment Model as a Catalyst for Change in Developing Countries

2014 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 275-289 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lavinia R. Mitroi ◽  
Medina Sahak ◽  
Ayesha Z. Sherzai ◽  
Dean Sherzai
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Developing Countries ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Women's Health Care ◽  
Empowerment Model
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