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The urban disadvantage: state of the world’s mothers 2015
Document Library
June 13, 2016

The 16th annual State of the World’s Mothers report has a special focus on the rapidly urbanising world and the poorest mothers and children who must struggle to survive despite overall urban progress. Key findings of the report include: the world, especially the developing world, is becoming urbanised at a breathtaking pace, with virtually all future population growth… Read more

Children, health inequalities, mother, urban health, urban poor
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Rosemary Morgan on gender in health systems research
HEART talks
May 20, 2016

Rosemary Morgan is a Research Fellow at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. In this HEART talks video, she talks about the project she works on, ‘Research in Gender and Ethics (RinGs): Building Stronger Health Systems’, and about the importance of making gender integral in health systems research. RinGs came about as a project… Read more

Gender, gender and health, Gender inequality, health inequalities, health systems
Gender
Health
Social Protection
Improving access to health for women and girls in low-income urban settlements
Document Library
February 16, 2016

The world is becoming increasingly urbanised. Over one third of urban dwellers now reside in low-income urban settlements, where living conditions are often inadequate and there are multiple barriers to access to health services for women and girls. Based on six case studies and a thematic review examining women’s and girls’ access to health in low-income… Read more

gender and health, health inequalities, Health Services, low-income urban settlements, Women and girls
Health
Ten arguments for why gender should be a central focus for universal health coverage advocates
Blog
January 30, 2015

To make universal health coverage (UHC) truly universal we need an approach which places gender and power at the centre of our analysis. This means we need a discussion about who is included, how health is defined, what coverage entails and whether equity is ensured. To celebrate Universal Health Coverage Day RinGs has put together… Read more

gender and health, health inequalities, universal health coverage
Health
Who gains, who loses and how: Leveraging gender and class intersections to secure health entitlements
Document Library
January 30, 2015

This paper argues that a focus on the middle groups in a multi-dimensional socioeconomic ordering can provide valuable insights into how different axes of advantage and disadvantage intersect with each other. It develops the elements of a framework to analyse the middle groups through an intersectional analysis, and uses it to explore how such groups… Read more

health inequalities
Health
Review of World Health Report 2000
Helpdesk Report
January 1, 2000

HSRC REPORT: This report provides a broad view of health systems measuring performance against three goals: improving health and reducing health inequalities; enhancing responsiveness “to the legitimate expectations of the population”; and assuring fairness of financial contributions. The report then identifies the four functions that a system needs to deliver health system goals: service provision;… Read more

health inequalities, Health Service Delivery

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