Gender, women and primary health care renewal: a discussion paper
The country case studies make clear that international partners share
some of the blame, particularly because they too often fail to coordinate
programs to help promote more integrated, comprehensive health care
for women. However, it is equally clear that many of the obstacles are
wholly local in nature: National governments and policymakers are
often unable or unwilling to initiate or sustain health care programs and
reforms that would improve women’s access to services and, by extension,
reduce rates of vertical transmission.
Four out of the six countries in the report are low-burden ones:
Argentina, Cambodia, Moldova and Morocco. In...
