INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH AND

GENDER
 GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING

• Inequality in important vaccinations  rich/poor opportunities

• Pandemics in poor countries spread more often  25 million children missed
out on important immunizations
• Inequality in health service  every two minute a women dies from causes
related to pregnancy
• Out of pocket payments  payments made with your own money, because of
extreme poverty
• Mental Heatlh
 I N E Q U AL I T Y I N I M P O RTA NT VA C C I N AT I ON S 
R I C H / P O O R O P P ORT U N I T I E S

• 25 million children missed out on important vaccinations

• - AIDS
• -Malaria
• -Tuberculosis

• “We need to accurately identify high-risk areas with high numbers of zero-dose children,
and rapidly improve access and uptake of routine immunization,” Dr Khetrapal Singh said.
• The catch-up immunization activities and special campaigns being rolled out by countries
must be reviewed and measures like increasing age limit of target populations adopted,
where needed, for filling the immunity gaps.
 WOMEN AND HEALTH SERVICES

• Inequality in health service  every two minute a women dies from causes
related to pregnancy
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• •Inadequate and unbalanced nutrition can cause negative situations in your
baby, such as premature birth, low birth weight, inadequate physical and
mental development, and stillbirth. Inadequate and unbalanced nutrition can
cause diseases such as anemia, bone tissue disorders, pregnancy poisoning,
high blood pressure and diabetes.
 WOMEN AND HEALTH SERVICES

• Every year, too many people in the United States experience severe pregnancy-related
complications and, unfortunately some die. Tragically, most of these deaths could be prevented.
There are considerable racial disparities when it comes to pregnancy-related deaths. American
Indian/Alaska Native, and Black women are two to three times more likely to die of pregnancy-
related causes than white women.
• •A number of factors contribute to the maternal mortality rate among Black and American
Indian/Alaska Native women. Structural racism and implicit bias can play a role in the disparity.
For example, delayed prenatal care initiation is associated with personal experiences of bias and
racism. Protective factors also do not seem to convey the same risk reduction for minority
women. For example, we see persistent disparities in maternal mortality, regardless of
educational attainment. In addition, access to quality care can be an issue. For example, it has
been found that hospitals that disproportionately cared for Black women at delivery had
increased poor outcomes for both Black and white women in those hospitals.
 WELL-BEING

• Out of pocket payments  payments made with your own money, because of
extreme poverty
• 381 million people  4.9% of the population
 MENTAL HEALTH

• Inequality in mental health support

• Treatment for addictions (drugs, alcohol)
 PROGRESS 2022-2023

• Pandemics  68 million children are known to be un- or under-vaccinated as

of 2022 from TB and malaria.
• Covid-19  infected more than 500 million people and killed more than 6.2
million worldwide.
• HIV, HPV & AIDS  Because of the lack of hygiene
 GENDER INEQUAILITY

• Inequality in politics
• Marriage of women under the age of eighteen
• Over 55% of 119 counties lacked law to protect women against discrimination
• Equal representation in leadership in the world place.
 INEQUALITY IN
POLITICS

• The presentation of women in

the parliament (2022)
• legislated gender quotas
 CHILD
MARRIAGE

• Harmful practices towards

children and women.
• Women aged 15-49 and their
sexual relations.
• Laws and regulations.
 WOMEN DISCRIMINATION

• Laws failing protection of women

• Violence in any forms against women
• Economic freedom
• Land ownership
 PROGRESS 2022-2023

• •The global share of women in lower and single houses of national parliaments
reached merely 26.2%, up from 25.6% in 2021.
• •Violence against women and girls is prevalent across countries and affects
women of all ages.
• •Globally over one in four ever-partnered women aged 15 years or above , over
a total of 641 million women, have been subjected to physical and sexual
violence by a husband or intimate partner, at least once in their lifetime.