Women's health is now core business and a global health issue

Author(s):  
Patricia M. Davidson ◽  
Siriorn Sindhu ◽  
Afaf I. Meleis
Author(s):  
Carolyn McLeod

Conscientious objections by health care professionals to abortion are a pressing global health issue (IWHC 2017; Chavkin et al. 2013). Many countries have in place laws or policies permitting abortion that include clauses providing some protection for conscientious objectors. Although it is difficult to know how often health care professionals exercise the freedom that “conscience clauses” offer them, there is evidence that they are using these policies more and more frequently to avoid having to provide abortions and similar services, such as contraception. For example, a recent report of the International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC)—entitled ...


2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 753-757
Author(s):  
Anagha Gulhane ◽  
Shamli Hiware

It is the most unreliable truth that anybody can get infected by the COVID-19, and nobody can escape from the danger of getting tainted by the virus. Yet, the line of hope is that anyone and everyone can boost their resistance, thus avoid the risk of getting affected by the illness. The immunity of humans pulls down as they grow older. If their immune system is robust, them falling sick is feeble. If their resistance is weak, them getting ill is sound. Several factors affect the immune system and its ability, including its nourishment. A two-way connection between nutrition, infection and immunity presents. Changes in one part will affect the others part in our body that's the nature's rule. Well defined immune system quality which is present between each life phase may influence the type, generality and the degree of infections. At the same time, low nutrition to the body will decrease the immune function and expose the body to the danger of getting infected by infectious diseases. Different quantity of micronutrients is required for increasing the immunity power of our body. Generally the vitamins A,C,D,E,B2,B6,B12, iron, zinc and selenium.The deficiencies of micronutrients are acknowledged as a global health issue, and also low nutrition makes it prone to establishes the infections in the body.


2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (10) ◽  
pp. 3156
Author(s):  
Gerhard Schmalz ◽  
Dirk Ziebolz

With an enormous prevalence worldwide, diseases of the oral cavity and respective tissues are a highly relevant global health issue [...]


2020 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. e76-e103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mainul Haque ◽  
Judy McKimm ◽  
Massimo Sartelli ◽  
Nandeeta Samad ◽  
Seraj Zohurul Haque ◽  
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Author(s):  
Laura E. Matarese ◽  
Glenn Harvin ◽  
Eslam Ali

Obesity and its associated comorbidities remain a significant global health issue. Despite the well-known consequences and related comorbidities associated with being overweight and obese, the prevalence remains alarmingly high and is increasing. In 2011–2014, the prevalence of obesity was 36.5% in adults and 17% in youth. The exact reasons for the prevalence and increase are multifactorial but reflect the overall lack of success of standard treatments. It is therefore not surprising that individuals often seek alternative therapies, including a variety of fibers, minerals, teas, and herbal supplements. Aside from the financial implications, many of these products have very little supporting evidence; some are unsafe. This chapter will review some of these alternative therapies with emphasis on the scientific evidence that supports or refutes their use.


1994 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 509-537 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary P. Koss ◽  
Lori Heise ◽  
Nancy Felipe Russo

Women's rights to be free from male violence are now recognized by the United Nations as fundamental human rights. Two parallel transformations in the understanding of rape have been central to the international effort to achieve this declaration. The first is increased recognition of the extent to which rape typically involves intimates. The second is the shift from regarding rape as a criminal justice matter towards an appreciation of its implications for women's health. The focus of this paper is the health burden of rape, which is addressed from the global perspective and includes discussion of its prevalence and psychological, sociocultural, somatic, and reproductive health consequences. Quantitative efforts to capture the relative economic impact of rape compared to other threats to women's health are also discussed. The paper concludes with an agenda for future research on rape that could enrich activists' efforts on behalf of women's health and development.


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