Rotary's Well Woman program aims to improve women's health and wellness through various activities and programs. It addresses many health issues that disproportionately impact women such as gynecological disorders, pregnancy complications, infertility, and various cancers. The program recognizes that women often have unequal access to healthcare and information. It seeks to establish high quality healthcare services for women by focusing on structure, process, and outcomes. The program also provides facts highlighting gender-based health vulnerabilities for women worldwide. Possible actions include empowering women in family planning, preventing unwanted pregnancies and abortions, cancer screening, changing attitudes towards women, and educational initiatives.

1. 2014 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN
PROGRAM
By
Dr. Rekha Shetty

2. A Well woman program is a Rotary activities and
programs that will improve the wellness of
women.
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3. Rotarian Action Group for Population &
Development (RFPD) as a Resource for
Maternal and Child Health.
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5. Health Issues of Women

6. • Gynecological health and disorders
• Pregnancy issues
• Disorders related to infertility
• Breast Cancer
• Cervical Cancer
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7. • Osteoporosis
• Skin Cancer
• High Blood Pressure
• Diabetes
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)
• Colorectal Cancer
• Glaucoma
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8. While life expectancy is higher for women
than men in most countries, a number of
health and social factors combine to create
a lower quality of life for women. Unequal
access to information, care and basic
health practices further increases the
health risks for women.
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9. Quality of
Structure
Quality of
Outcome
Important
Parameters
Quality of
Process
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Facts About Women’s
Health

11. Women and girls continue to face gender-
based vulnerabilities that require urgent
attention - especially in sub-Saharan
Africa where 80% of all women living with
HIV are located.
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12. Between 15% and 71% of women around
the world have suffered physical or sexual
violence committed by an intimate male
partner at some point in their lives.
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13. About 14 million adolescent girls become
mothers every year. More than 90% of
these very young mothers live in
developing countries.
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14. Even though early marriage is on the
decline, an estimated 100 million girls will
marry before their 18th birthday over the
next 10 years.
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15. In most countries women tend to be in
charge of cooking. When they cook over
open fires or traditional stoves, they
breathe in a mix of hundreds of pollutants
on a daily basis, such harmful pollutants
may cause low birth weight or even
stillbirth.
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What can be Done?

19. • Allowing women to space their children
when they are ready and able to love them
with all their heart
• Protecting women and girls from
unwanted pregnancies
• Preventing abortions
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20. • Protecting women from cancer of the
reproductive system
• Teaching men to change their attitudes
toward women and child bearing
• AIDS education
• Conducting of health awareness sessions
and camps
• Training on Health & Hygiene
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