Women’s health: WHO perspectives and actions
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Presented by Gunta Lazdane, Programme Manager, Sexual and Reproductive Health, WHO/Europ , at the 64th session of the WHO Regional Committee for Europe.
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Women’s health: WHO perspectives and actions
- 1. WOMEN’S HEALTH: WHO perspectives and actions Dr Gunta Lazdane Programme Manager, Sexual and Reproductive Health Division of Noncommunicable Diseases and Lifecourse
- 3. 85 80 75 70 65 European Region СIS Central Asian Republics 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020 European Region EU CIS CARK LLiiffee eexxppeecctatnacnyc ayt baitr tbh i(ryteha r(sy),e faermsa),l efsemales EU Source: WHO/Europe HFA DB, 2014
- 4. 2012 2014 2011 2012 2012 2013
- 5. Your evaluation of your sexual and reproductive health? (%) - Latvia Source: Reproductive Health of the Population; Studies on the situation 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 2011 2003 1997 Good Fair or poor Hard to say
- 6. Challenges in sexual and reproductive health in the European Region: • Bewilderment about sexual health and ill-health, evidence and myths • High rates of sexual violence • Influence of new technologies, medicalization • Lack of data in many countries • …
- 8. Recommended actions: • Recognize VAW as a public health and as a human rights problem • Create policies to eliminate violence against women • Foster violence prevention programs • Collect data on prevalence, risk factors and health consequences • Provide women centered services for survivors • Train health care providers on prevention and care
- 9. Suggested indicators for monitoring post-2015 target on violence against women: • Prevalence of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in the last 12 months the proportion of ever-partnered women (15-49) who experienced violence in the last 12 months • Prevalence of sexual violence by a non-partner - the proportion of women (aged 20-29) who have ever experienced sexual violence from the age of 15 on.
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- SDR disease of circulatory system 0-61, per 100 000, females differ 150 in CA to 21 in EU (more than 7 times within ER) The same difference when ischaemic heart disease is analysed (56 vs 7). When analysing Death rates from breast cancer – situation is opposite – almost twice higher rate in EU than in CA countries (23 vs 12 per 100 000 women of all ages).
- Global RH strategy – 2004 Global Gender strategy 2007-2014
- he final step was to reach consensus on two proposed indicators that should be put forward for global level monitoring of post-2015 target on violence against women. These were: Prevalence of physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence in the last 12 months as measured by: the proportion of ever-partnered women (15-49) who experienced physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former husband/male intimate partner in the last 12 months; and Prevalence of sexual violence by a non-partner as measured by: the proportion of women (aged 20-29) who have ever experienced sexual violence by a non-partner from the age of 15 on. as measured by: the proportion of women (aged 20-29) who have ever experienced sexual violence by a non-partner from the age of 15 on.