Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda

Despite progress, societies continue to fail women at key times of their lives

Despite considerable progress in the past decades, societies continue to fail to meet the health care needs of women at key moments of their lives, particularly in their adolescent years and in older age. These are the key findings of the WHO report Women and health: today's evidence tomorrow's agenda.

WHO calls for urgent action both within the health sector and beyond to improve the health and lives of girls and women around the world, from birth to older age.

The report provides the latest and most comprehensive evidence available to date on women's specific needs and health challenges over their entire life-course. The report includes the latest global and regional figures on the health and leading causes of death in women from birth, through childhood, adolescence and adulthood, to older age.
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NEWS Launch of the report Women and health: today’s evidence, tomorrow’s agenda Statement by Dr Margaret Chan, WHO Director-General WHO calls for action beyond the health sector to improve the health of girls and women WHO news release

REPORT MEDIA CENTRE Women's health WHO fact sheet, November 2009 Download tables from the report 10 leading causes of death, years lost due to disability among women Photographs for download Images from different regions Presentation on the report's evidence [pdf 2.36Mb] Isabelle de Zoysa, Senior Adviser HIV/AIDS

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