Gender and Health : Barriers and Opportunities for Women's Participation in the Private Health Sector in Africa

Gender and Health : Barriers and Opportunities for Women's Participation in the Private Health Sector in Africa

Despite their strong contribution to the overall world economic growth, gender gaps are wide in many countries in sub Saharan Africa and low representation of women in the private health sector is wider than in other sectors. While women and youth...

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Main Author: Monnet, Marguerite
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
BIRTH
RISKS
SPECIALIST
SOCIALIZATION
PHYSICIAN
PHYSIOTHERAPISTS
FINANCING
ABUSE
MIDWIFERY
PHARMACISTS
DONOR
DEATHS
PSYCHOLOGY
LAWS
DOCTORS
SEXES
HEALTH EDUCATION
COMMUNITY HEALTH
DISCRIMINATION
MOTHERS
HEALTH CARE
INFERTILITY
DEATH
HEALTH
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
DENTISTRY
GENDER PERSPECTIVE
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
PERSONAL INFORMATION
PUBLIC HEALTH
HEALTH SECTOR
KNOWLEDGE
DISABILITIES
YOUTHS
MATERNITY LEAVE
WORKPLACE
PREGNANCIES
IMMUNIZATION
PATIENT
PATIENTS
INTERVENTION
SECONDARY SCHOOLS
SPECIALISTS
DOUBLE BURDEN
MIGRATION
NURSES
HEALTH MANAGEMENT
OBSERVATION
ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
GENDER NORMS
MALE
GENDER INEQUALITIES
MORTALITY RATE
EXTENDED FAMILIES
GENITAL MUTILATION
INTERVIEW
GENDER ISSUES
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
GENERAL PRACTICE
MIDWIFE
MEDICAL DOCTOR
WORKERS
DOCTOR
HEALTH CARE PROVISION
GENDER DIFFERENCES
NURSE
WOMAN
LIFESTYLE
SEX-DISAGGREGATED DATA
CARE
GENDER
MEDICINE
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HEALTH TRAINING
VICTIMS
PERSONAL LIFE
DENTAL HEALTH
STRESS
DENTISTS
YOUTH
DECISION MAKING
NUTRITION
MOTHER
WORKSHOPS
PHARMACIST
MASCULINITY
HEALTH POLICIES
INTERNET
SEX
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS
WEIGHT
PHYSICIANS
SEXUAL HARASSMENT
CHILDREN
GENDERS
FEMALES
CLINICS
WORKING CONDITIONS
FATHER
GENDER ANALYSIS
MIDWIVES
GENERAL PRACTITIONERS
DONORS
THERAPISTS
POPULATION
MEDICAL DOCTORS
RISK-TAKING
STRATEGY
MALES
SIBLINGS
REGISTRATION
FAMILIES
CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
WOMEN
MEDICINES
HOSPITALS
DENTIST
MUTILATION
GENDER ROLES
CULTURAL FACTORS
HEALTH SERVICE
FEMALE
DENTAL ASSISTANTS
HEALTH SERVICES
IMPLEMENTATION
MALE HEALTH
NURSING
NURSING HOMES
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25161146/gender-health-barriers-opportunities-womens-participation-private-health-sector-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22965

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/10/25161146/gender-health-barriers-opportunities-womens-participation-private-health-sector-africa
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22965

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