Introduction

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Carolyn McLeod
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
Know How ◽  
Conscientious Objectors ◽  
Global Health Issue

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 ...

scholarly journals Opinion Review of Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-2019 on Women's Health

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victory U. Salami ◽  
Stanley I. R. Okoduwa ◽  
Aimee O. Chris ◽  
Susannah I. Ayilara ◽  
Ugochi J. Okoduwa
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Maternal Complications ◽  
Health Crisis ◽  
Clinical Procedures ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Gender Based

The global battle to survive the onslaughts of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) started in December 2019 and continues today. Women and girls have borne the brunt of the hardship resulting from the health crises. This paper examined the effects of COVID-19 on women. Socioeconomic factors resulting from the pandemic, especially in relation to women's health, were discussed after studying published articles. They include gender specificity and COVID-19, the economic toll of COVID-19 on women, pregnancy and COVID-19, gender-based violence due to COVID-19, and health-care impacts of COVID-19. Making up the majority in the healthcare workforce, women were at higher risk of infection with COVID-19 due to their exposure as caregivers to infected patients. The pandemic took its toll on them as part of the greater population in the informal sector of the economy due to the lockdown directive, as many experienced severe monetary shortages and job losses. Pregnant women infected with COVID-19 were prone to severe diseases, maternal complications, and death due to their weakened immunity and exposure during clinical procedures. Gender-based violence was observed to have increased across the globe for women. The results of this review strongly indicate that women are disproportionately affected by the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. This review will help health-care professionals and policymakers arrive at properly-thought-through decisions to better manage health crises. Governments and all key players should address the challenge by devising effective policies with a gendered view.

Fulbright Scholar opportunities for global health and women's health care in HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrice K. Nicholas ◽  
Oluyinka Adejumo ◽  
Kathleen M. Nokes ◽  
Busisiwe P. Ncama ◽  
Busisiwe R. Bhengu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Women’S Health ◽  
Women's Health ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Women's Health Care ◽  
Fulbright Scholar ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Hiv Aids

Nutritional Recommendation for COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (SPL1) ◽  
pp. 753-757
Author(s):  
Anagha Gulhane ◽  
Shamli Hiware
Keyword(s):  
Immune System ◽  
Global Health ◽  
Infectious Diseases ◽  
Immune Function ◽  
The Body ◽  
Health Issue ◽  
System Quality ◽  
Life Phase ◽  
Global Health Issue ◽  
Nutritional Recommendation

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.

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