Latest items for DACH-PRACTICE-1
Jan. 17, 2025, 5:39 p.m.
Countries: Chile
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 1984 and 1985, the Swedish mining company Boliden shipped 19,139 tonnes of toxic waste, containing arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead, from its smelter in Rönnskärsverken in Skellefteå, Sweden, to Arica, in northern Chile. Boliden exported the sludge for processing and arsenic extraction to a subcontractor, Promel S.A., a Chilean mining company. Promel processed just 120 of the 19,139 tonnes. The remainder of the waste was left outdoors and uncovered, at a site known as Sitio F, 250 metres from Sica Sica, a neighbourhood of low-income family housing. The location of the storage site is indicated on the attached map. It remained there for 14 years. The surrounding community was...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 1984 and 1985, the Swedish mining company Boliden shipped 19,139 tonnes of toxic waste, containing arsenic, mercury, cadmium and lead, from its smelter in Rönnskärsverken in Skellefteå, Sweden, to Arica, in northern Chile. Boliden exported the sludge for processing and arsenic extraction to a subcontractor, Promel S.A., a Chilean mining company. Promel processed just 120 of the 19,139 tonnes. The remainder of the waste was left outdoors and uncovered, at a site known as Sitio F, 250 metres from Sica Sica, a neighbourhood of low-income family housing. The location of the storage site is indicated on the attached map. It remained there for 14 years. The surrounding community was...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 12:15 p.m.
Countries: Kenya
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Orwoba, the nominated senate leader, is campaigning for free sanitary towel provision and is planning to introduce a bill in the coming months" (para 3). "Kenya scrapped taxes on period products in 2004 and in 2017 introduced a law requiring the government to provide them free to schoolgirls. However, due to an insufficient budget and corruption in distribution channels, only a small percentage of girls were assisted through the programme. Orwoba says that while the law exists, budgets and procurement need to be revised to increase local production and meet girls’ needs. Ministry of Health figures from 2020 suggest that only about 65% of women and girls in urban areas,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Orwoba, the nominated senate leader, is campaigning for free sanitary towel provision and is planning to introduce a bill in the coming months" (para 3). "Kenya scrapped taxes on period products in 2004 and in 2017 introduced a law requiring the government to provide them free to schoolgirls. However, due to an insufficient budget and corruption in distribution channels, only a small percentage of girls were assisted through the programme. Orwoba says that while the law exists, budgets and procurement need to be revised to increase local production and meet girls’ needs. Ministry of Health figures from 2020 suggest that only about 65% of women and girls in urban areas,...more
Jan. 16, 2025, 11:49 a.m.
Countries: Peru
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The UN committee found that Camila was a victim of 'discrimination based on her age, gender, ethnic origin and social status' given that her 'request for an abortion was repeatedly ignored and her home and school were frequently invaded'. It added that her 'lack of access to safe abortion constituted differential treatment based on her gender, denying her access to a service essential to her health and punishing her for not complying with gender stereotypes about her reproductive role'" (para 12-13).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The UN committee found that Camila was a victim of 'discrimination based on her age, gender, ethnic origin and social status' given that her 'request for an abortion was repeatedly ignored and her home and school were frequently invaded'. It added that her 'lack of access to safe abortion constituted differential treatment based on her gender, denying her access to a service essential to her health and punishing her for not complying with gender stereotypes about her reproductive role'" (para 12-13).
Jan. 16, 2025, 10:50 a.m.
Countries: Honduras
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Reopening of occupational medical services for working women and children, which provide medical evaluation and work authorization services for adolescents" (30). "With regard to paragraph 35 (e), on health measures and occupational hazards, particularly for women working in agro-industry, the Ministry of Health, through its facilities in the various departmental regions, provides comprehensive care for all women workers in the formal and informal sectors. Services to women workers in agro-industry are provided through medical teams, health fairs and educational campaigns. There is also a National Health Plan for the Men and Women Workers of Honduras, which supports health and safety and prevents occupational hazards. It is coordinated by the National...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Reopening of occupational medical services for working women and children, which provide medical evaluation and work authorization services for adolescents" (30). "With regard to paragraph 35 (e), on health measures and occupational hazards, particularly for women working in agro-industry, the Ministry of Health, through its facilities in the various departmental regions, provides comprehensive care for all women workers in the formal and informal sectors. Services to women workers in agro-industry are provided through medical teams, health fairs and educational campaigns. There is also a National Health Plan for the Men and Women Workers of Honduras, which supports health and safety and prevents occupational hazards. It is coordinated by the National...more
Jan. 15, 2025, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: United States
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"'Regardless, this is compelling new evidence that abortion bans are preventing tens of thousands of people who want abortions from reaching providers in the formal health care system,' said Caitlin Myers, a professor at Middlebury College who has studied the effects of abortion restrictions before Dobbs and was not involved in the report. The measured declines in legal abortions were about twice as large as she had estimated in her research, based solely on increases in travel distances. 'It’s likely that factors like clinic congestion, stigma and fear are proving just as great an obstacle,' she said" (par. 19-20). "After the Dobbs decision, the clinic hired half a dozen more...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"'Regardless, this is compelling new evidence that abortion bans are preventing tens of thousands of people who want abortions from reaching providers in the formal health care system,' said Caitlin Myers, a professor at Middlebury College who has studied the effects of abortion restrictions before Dobbs and was not involved in the report. The measured declines in legal abortions were about twice as large as she had estimated in her research, based solely on increases in travel distances. 'It’s likely that factors like clinic congestion, stigma and fear are proving just as great an obstacle,' she said" (par. 19-20). "After the Dobbs decision, the clinic hired half a dozen more...more
Jan. 10, 2025, 12:09 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Even before the Taliban came to power, a 2021 Human Rights Watch report said the most basic information on maternal health and family planning was not available to most Afghan women" (para 18). "What emerged is a picture of a system that is increasingly unaffordable to the estimated 61% to 72% of Afghan women who live in poverty, and one in which women often have more children than they want because of lack of access to modern contraception; face risky pregnancies because of lack of care; and undergo procedures that could be done more safely with access to and capacity to use more modern techniques" (para 19).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Even before the Taliban came to power, a 2021 Human Rights Watch report said the most basic information on maternal health and family planning was not available to most Afghan women" (para 18). "What emerged is a picture of a system that is increasingly unaffordable to the estimated 61% to 72% of Afghan women who live in poverty, and one in which women often have more children than they want because of lack of access to modern contraception; face risky pregnancies because of lack of care; and undergo procedures that could be done more safely with access to and capacity to use more modern techniques" (para 19).
Jan. 9, 2025, 4:08 p.m.
Countries: Kyrgyzstan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2017 and 2018, the Ministry of Health implemented a project to raise awareness of reproductive health, family planning and safe abortion among women of reproductive age (5,000 women under 49 years of age and 2,000 girls aged 13–16 years)" (17). "Given the high rates of morbidity, the failure to treat and the mortality from breast cancer, the lack of countrywide measures to prevent and diagnose breast cancer, low awareness among the population and the lack of oncological alertness on the part of doctors at all levels, a Breast Centre has been established at the National Centre for Oncology and Haematology. Since the beginning of 2018, the Ministry of Health,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Between 2017 and 2018, the Ministry of Health implemented a project to raise awareness of reproductive health, family planning and safe abortion among women of reproductive age (5,000 women under 49 years of age and 2,000 girls aged 13–16 years)" (17). "Given the high rates of morbidity, the failure to treat and the mortality from breast cancer, the lack of countrywide measures to prevent and diagnose breast cancer, low awareness among the population and the lack of oncological alertness on the part of doctors at all levels, a Breast Centre has been established at the National Centre for Oncology and Haematology. Since the beginning of 2018, the Ministry of Health,...more
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:43 a.m.
Countries: India
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Instead of receiving wages, they work to pay off advances from their employers — an arrangement that requires them to pay a fee for the privilege of missing work, even to see a doctor" (para 6). "Tampons and pads are expensive and hard to find, and there is nowhere to dispose of them. Without access to running water, women address their periods in the fields, with reused cloth that they try to wash discreetly by hand" (para 48). "Though public hospitals offer hysterectomies free or at reduced cost, they are often far from rural women" (para 130).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Instead of receiving wages, they work to pay off advances from their employers — an arrangement that requires them to pay a fee for the privilege of missing work, even to see a doctor" (para 6). "Tampons and pads are expensive and hard to find, and there is nowhere to dispose of them. Without access to running water, women address their periods in the fields, with reused cloth that they try to wash discreetly by hand" (para 48). "Though public hospitals offer hysterectomies free or at reduced cost, they are often far from rural women" (para 130).
Jan. 9, 2025, 10:25 a.m.
Countries: Niger
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Most of the patients are girls with obstetric fistula — a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder, usually caused by complicated labour, which leaves them incontinent. 'The reason is child marriage, because when the girls are married at an early age, they get pregnant when their bodies are not ready,' says Salamatou Traoré, the clinic’s director. 'That means they develop complications easily and often they live in rural areas, far from health centres, so they do not receive any medical assistance, which makes things worse'" (para 17-18).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, CRPLB-PRACTICE-1
"Most of the patients are girls with obstetric fistula — a hole between the vagina and rectum or bladder, usually caused by complicated labour, which leaves them incontinent. 'The reason is child marriage, because when the girls are married at an early age, they get pregnant when their bodies are not ready,' says Salamatou Traoré, the clinic’s director. 'That means they develop complications easily and often they live in rural areas, far from health centres, so they do not receive any medical assistance, which makes things worse'" (para 17-18).
Jan. 8, 2025, 3:34 p.m.
Countries: Tajikistan
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"In 2021 the Legal Aid Centre, a State institution, with the support of the United Nations joint Spotlight Initiative in Tajikistan, held a training workshop on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. • A total of 160 health care providers upgraded their knowledge based on the national protocol on high-quality essential services for victims of rape and sexual and gender-based violence and an adapted United Nations package on essential services" (p. 10). "During this period, the national strategy for promoting the role of women in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2011–2020 was implemented and the plan of action for the period 2015–2020 was implemented. The...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"In 2021 the Legal Aid Centre, a State institution, with the support of the United Nations joint Spotlight Initiative in Tajikistan, held a training workshop on the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls. • A total of 160 health care providers upgraded their knowledge based on the national protocol on high-quality essential services for victims of rape and sexual and gender-based violence and an adapted United Nations package on essential services" (p. 10). "During this period, the national strategy for promoting the role of women in the Republic of Tajikistan for 2011–2020 was implemented and the plan of action for the period 2015–2020 was implemented. The...more
Jan. 6, 2025, 11:18 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. There has been an ‘alarming decline’ in the overall quality of NHS care, with the deterioration in maternity services particularly bad, it adds. Researchers from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, at Imperial College London, say the gap between the UK and the best performing countries for deaths from treatable causes, such as sepsis and blood clots, has widened" (par. 1-3). "Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Death rates for mothers and newborn babies have increased for the first time in a decade amid growing concerns over patient safety, a report reveals. There has been an ‘alarming decline’ in the overall quality of NHS care, with the deterioration in maternity services particularly bad, it adds. Researchers from the Institute of Global Health Innovation, at Imperial College London, say the gap between the UK and the best performing countries for deaths from treatable causes, such as sepsis and blood clots, has widened" (par. 1-3). "Lord Darzi, co-director at the Institute of Global Health Innovation, who recently led a recent government-commissioned review into the NHS, said: ‘Our latest report...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"An often-overlooked effect of salinity intrusion is on the menstrual health and hygiene of women and adolescent girls, a problem that intensifies wider social insecurities. Shopna Dhali, 36, can’t afford to buy sanitary pads for her teenage daughter so when she gets her period, she uses old rags which are washed using saline water and reused. Research suggests such practices can leave women and adolescent girls exposed to various hygiene risks, such as rashes, skin diseases and uterine infections" (para 18-19).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"An often-overlooked effect of salinity intrusion is on the menstrual health and hygiene of women and adolescent girls, a problem that intensifies wider social insecurities. Shopna Dhali, 36, can’t afford to buy sanitary pads for her teenage daughter so when she gets her period, she uses old rags which are washed using saline water and reused. Research suggests such practices can leave women and adolescent girls exposed to various hygiene risks, such as rashes, skin diseases and uterine infections" (para 18-19).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:45 p.m.
Countries: Ukraine
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Huseynova said she remains in contact with other Donetsk women who had been detained for years. 'I try my best to send them some kind of parcels. No humanitarian mission is working there. No humanitarian aid is sent there. When they’re on their periods these women use stuffing from the old bed mattress'" (para 22).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Huseynova said she remains in contact with other Donetsk women who had been detained for years. 'I try my best to send them some kind of parcels. No humanitarian mission is working there. No humanitarian aid is sent there. When they’re on their periods these women use stuffing from the old bed mattress'" (para 22).
Dec. 6, 2024, 9:34 a.m.
Countries: New Zealand
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"Under Ms. Ardern, they say, New Zealand extended paid parental leave from about four months to six months, decriminalized abortion, introduced free menstruation products in schools and strengthened pay equity and domestic violence laws" (para 13).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1, ABO-LAW-1
"Under Ms. Ardern, they say, New Zealand extended paid parental leave from about four months to six months, decriminalized abortion, introduced free menstruation products in schools and strengthened pay equity and domestic violence laws" (para 13).
Dec. 5, 2024, 4:37 p.m.
Countries: Norway
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although Sami women face different forms of gender-based violence within and outside the Sami community, there is insufficient knowledge of Sami language and culture among law enforcement officials and health professionals, and that the Sami crisis centre in the Sami traditional territory was closed in 2019" (7). "The Committee notes with appreciation the high quality of health care in the State party. It also welcomes the appointment of a public committee to produce a report on women’s health and health from a gender perspective and to submit its recommendations in 2023, following which a new strategy on women’s health will be developed. The Committee furthermore welcomes the opening, in 2020,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Although Sami women face different forms of gender-based violence within and outside the Sami community, there is insufficient knowledge of Sami language and culture among law enforcement officials and health professionals, and that the Sami crisis centre in the Sami traditional territory was closed in 2019" (7). "The Committee notes with appreciation the high quality of health care in the State party. It also welcomes the appointment of a public committee to produce a report on women’s health and health from a gender perspective and to submit its recommendations in 2023, following which a new strategy on women’s health will be developed. The Committee furthermore welcomes the opening, in 2020,...more
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:55 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Patten also called attention to how women and girls are disproportionally affected by sexual violence in thousands of cases reported by humanitarian partners, with some unable to 'access life-saving services, including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis kits, during the crucial 72-hour window after an attack.' She said the best way to protect women and girls in such conditions was to provide medical assistance, but also offer routes for escaping violence and other insecurities in the first place. 'Immediate medical and psychosocial assistance must be accompanied by protection measures, to ensure that those who have been forced from their homes due to violence and insecurity, including women and girls fleeing conflict in Masisi...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Ms. Patten also called attention to how women and girls are disproportionally affected by sexual violence in thousands of cases reported by humanitarian partners, with some unable to 'access life-saving services, including Post-Exposure Prophylaxis kits, during the crucial 72-hour window after an attack.' She said the best way to protect women and girls in such conditions was to provide medical assistance, but also offer routes for escaping violence and other insecurities in the first place. 'Immediate medical and psychosocial assistance must be accompanied by protection measures, to ensure that those who have been forced from their homes due to violence and insecurity, including women and girls fleeing conflict in Masisi...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 10:07 p.m.
Countries: Somalia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Reaction to the pilot [of show discussing women's taboo issues] was overwhelmingly positive, said the host, Naima Said Salah, and exposed the impact that a dire lack of information had on girls. 'One young woman in the audience shared her own experience. She remembered the exact time and day when her period started because she had no idea what was happening. She thought she was dying. It was only after she told her older sister, that she understood,' said Salah, a senior reporter at Bilan. Salah added that she was proud to bring the subject of periods into public debate. 'Women, including me, never had the opportunity to learn about...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Reaction to the pilot [of show discussing women's taboo issues] was overwhelmingly positive, said the host, Naima Said Salah, and exposed the impact that a dire lack of information had on girls. 'One young woman in the audience shared her own experience. She remembered the exact time and day when her period started because she had no idea what was happening. She thought she was dying. It was only after she told her older sister, that she understood,' said Salah, a senior reporter at Bilan. Salah added that she was proud to bring the subject of periods into public debate. 'Women, including me, never had the opportunity to learn about...more
Nov. 16, 2024, 4:25 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Nov. 12, 2024, 1:32 p.m.
Countries: Latvia
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following... [m]aternal and child health improvement plan for the period 2018–2020, in 2017, and the previous plan for the period 2012–2014, in 2011" (2). "The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party’s health-care system is based on the principle of universal coverage. It also welcomes the fact that the State party promotes healthy lifestyles for women and girls...The Committee further welcomes the fact that the State party introduced, in 2019, additional support services for persons, including...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The Committee welcomes the State party’s efforts to improve its institutional and policy framework aimed at accelerating the elimination of discrimination against women and promoting gender equality, such as the adoption of the following... [m]aternal and child health improvement plan for the period 2018–2020, in 2017, and the previous plan for the period 2012–2014, in 2011" (2). "The Committee welcomes the fact that the State party’s health-care system is based on the principle of universal coverage. It also welcomes the fact that the State party promotes healthy lifestyles for women and girls...The Committee further welcomes the fact that the State party introduced, in 2019, additional support services for persons, including...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 3:04 p.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"The latest report identifies pre-existing conditions as being risk factors for poor maternal outcomes, along with socioeconomic factors and attitudes that affect the quality of care women receive, which include ignorance, bias, microaggressions and racism" (para 4). "Black women are at greater risk of late cancer diagnosis compared to white women. Cancer Research UK found ethnicity to be a “significant factor in stage of diagnosis” for women in England with breast, ovarian, uterine, and non-small cell lung cancer... Black women in pain are often not believed. Tropes still abound about black skin being thicker than white; that Black people don’t need as much pain relief as our white counterparts" (para...more
Oct. 16, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: United Kingdom
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"There is plenty of evidence that shows women experience disbelief at the early stages of a healthcare encounter, and experience pain for longer before they are referred to a specialist clinic compared with men. This is the Yentl syndrome, which suggests that women are only treated seriously if they are perceived to be as sick as a man. Men wait an average of 49 minutes before being treated for abdominal pain. For women, the wait is 65 minutes for the same symptoms" (para 3). "In 2016, the UK’s Brain Tumour Charity released the results of a questionnaire completed by more than 1,000 people. It found that almost one in three...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"There is plenty of evidence that shows women experience disbelief at the early stages of a healthcare encounter, and experience pain for longer before they are referred to a specialist clinic compared with men. This is the Yentl syndrome, which suggests that women are only treated seriously if they are perceived to be as sick as a man. Men wait an average of 49 minutes before being treated for abdominal pain. For women, the wait is 65 minutes for the same symptoms" (para 3). "In 2016, the UK’s Brain Tumour Charity released the results of a questionnaire completed by more than 1,000 people. It found that almost one in three...more
Oct. 10, 2024, 1:33 p.m.
Countries: D R Congo
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. They test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy. They also test for internal damage, as many of these women are gang raped in as many as 10 on 1.
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
Dr. Gisele Ndaya Luseba, former Minister of Gender, Family, and Children, established a center for women who have experienced domestic and sexual violence where they can receive help. They test for STDs, as aggressors aren’t usually healthy. They also test for internal damage, as many of these women are gang raped in as many as 10 on 1.
Oct. 9, 2024, 7:59 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, Belize improved its HIV/AIDS health management and information systems and M&E efforts through the Belize Health Information System. The Epidemiology Unit collects data as part of the National Program on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and other Sexually Transmitted Infections" (37). "The 2021–2025 plan continues to recognize community awareness, training of health care workers to provide culturally sensitive services to victims of violence and the referral system. It explains that victims of sexual violence will begin to receive post exposure prophylaxis for HIV and STIs if eligible according to recognized guidelines" (37). "Several Rural Women’s Health Forums were held throughout the country...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, Belize improved its HIV/AIDS health management and information systems and M&E efforts through the Belize Health Information System. The Epidemiology Unit collects data as part of the National Program on the Prevention and Control of Tuberculosis, Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and other Sexually Transmitted Infections" (37). "The 2021–2025 plan continues to recognize community awareness, training of health care workers to provide culturally sensitive services to victims of violence and the referral system. It explains that victims of sexual violence will begin to receive post exposure prophylaxis for HIV and STIs if eligible according to recognized guidelines" (37). "Several Rural Women’s Health Forums were held throughout the country...more
Oct. 4, 2024, 10:49 a.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"A five-year Global Fund Project entitled 'Strengthening of Belize’s Multi-sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS' concluded in October 2009. The Women’s Department was one of seven sub-recipients of the project. The project focused on reducing the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS for Women and Youth. As part of the project, the Department developed knowledge products to empower women of reproductive age regarding the link between domestic violence/gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. During the reporting period, partnerships between the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC), governmental agencies and NGOs working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. As mentioned in various paragraphs above, collaborations led to policy development,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"A five-year Global Fund Project entitled 'Strengthening of Belize’s Multi-sectoral Response to HIV/AIDS' concluded in October 2009. The Women’s Department was one of seven sub-recipients of the project. The project focused on reducing the vulnerability to HIV/AIDS for Women and Youth. As part of the project, the Department developed knowledge products to empower women of reproductive age regarding the link between domestic violence/gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS. During the reporting period, partnerships between the Ministry of Health, National AIDS Commission, the National Committee for Families and Children (NCFC), governmental agencies and NGOs working on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS. As mentioned in various paragraphs above, collaborations led to policy development,...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:46 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Sex education is addressed in schools in Belize through the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum. Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) is a comprehensive, life skills-based programme, which focuses on the development of the whole person. It looks at areas such as personal and social well-being and making healthy choices in different domains. HFLE is integrated into other subjects or taught as a separate subject. However, not all schools offer it, particularly faith-based ones. In terms of sex education, the unit seeks to improve the capacity of students to practice responsible social and sexual behaviour and decision-making. To ensure sexual and reproductive health information reaches all schools, the...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Sex education is addressed in schools in Belize through the Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) Curriculum. Health and Family Life Education (HFLE) is a comprehensive, life skills-based programme, which focuses on the development of the whole person. It looks at areas such as personal and social well-being and making healthy choices in different domains. HFLE is integrated into other subjects or taught as a separate subject. However, not all schools offer it, particularly faith-based ones. In terms of sex education, the unit seeks to improve the capacity of students to practice responsible social and sexual behaviour and decision-making. To ensure sexual and reproductive health information reaches all schools, the...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Access to services is facilitated through the ongoing Maternal and Child Health program of the Ministry of Health. This program ensures access, coverage, and quality of basic care for mothers and children. Pre and postnatal integrated health care is tailored to specific reproductive health needs of individuals. It includes monitoring and management of normal pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric pathologies, and sexual and reproductive health services. These are delivered through a network of eight urban and 37 rural health centres. The success of this program led the Ministry of Health to receive the Americas Award 2010 Laureate in the category of Improvement of Maternal Health. In 2018, the Technical Advisor of...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Access to services is facilitated through the ongoing Maternal and Child Health program of the Ministry of Health. This program ensures access, coverage, and quality of basic care for mothers and children. Pre and postnatal integrated health care is tailored to specific reproductive health needs of individuals. It includes monitoring and management of normal pregnancy, gynaecological and obstetric pathologies, and sexual and reproductive health services. These are delivered through a network of eight urban and 37 rural health centres. The success of this program led the Ministry of Health to receive the Americas Award 2010 Laureate in the category of Improvement of Maternal Health. In 2018, the Technical Advisor of...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:45 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, 7,578 people attended various awareness and training sessions on different types of violence, conflict resolution, sexual and reproductive health, and women’s rights" (26). "The Women’s Department ensures that community health workers are included in Domestic Violence training since they are front-line persons in rural areas. Between 2010–2020, the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit, conducted a Field Epidemiology Training Program with support from the Centre for Disease Control. Annually, ten participants receive training on a range of topics including domestic violence and teen pregnancy. At the end of 2020, 93 persons had completed the basic level of which 11 moved on to higher levels" (27). "The Ministry...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"During the reporting period, 7,578 people attended various awareness and training sessions on different types of violence, conflict resolution, sexual and reproductive health, and women’s rights" (26). "The Women’s Department ensures that community health workers are included in Domestic Violence training since they are front-line persons in rural areas. Between 2010–2020, the Ministry of Health Epidemiology Unit, conducted a Field Epidemiology Training Program with support from the Centre for Disease Control. Annually, ten participants receive training on a range of topics including domestic violence and teen pregnancy. At the end of 2020, 93 persons had completed the basic level of which 11 moved on to higher levels" (27). "The Ministry...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:44 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Considering the shortage of medical specialists and mental health professionals in country, several countries are supporting Belize via cooperation agreements in line with Belize’s Human Resources Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. Through cooperation agreements, approximately 100 Cuban health workers volunteer in Belize annually. Also, between 2017-2019, 83 Nigerian, eight Filipinos, and 24 Nicaraguans were registered with the Nurses and Midwives Council. Additionally, 205 Filipinos were granted a one-year licence. These medical professionals are deployed countrywide to both urban and rural areas and provide a range of services for women, girls, and vulnerable persons" (19). "In the last quart of 2020, the Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with Ministry of Human Development, Families,...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Considering the shortage of medical specialists and mental health professionals in country, several countries are supporting Belize via cooperation agreements in line with Belize’s Human Resources Strategic Plan for 2019-2024. Through cooperation agreements, approximately 100 Cuban health workers volunteer in Belize annually. Also, between 2017-2019, 83 Nigerian, eight Filipinos, and 24 Nicaraguans were registered with the Nurses and Midwives Council. Additionally, 205 Filipinos were granted a one-year licence. These medical professionals are deployed countrywide to both urban and rural areas and provide a range of services for women, girls, and vulnerable persons" (19). "In the last quart of 2020, the Spotlight Initiative, in collaboration with Ministry of Human Development, Families,...more
Oct. 3, 2024, 8:44 p.m.
Countries: Belize
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Despite efforts to improve healthcare services for elderly persons, various accounts point to the fact that Belize lacks medical personnel trained in geriatric care making it difficult for healthcare providers to adequately respond to the needs of older persons, even more so, the needs of elderly women. To improve this gap, NHI continue to support the Mercy Care Clinic, the only facility in the entire country focusing on the geriatric population" (8). "In 2020 UNFPA through the Spotlight Initiative, the Child Development Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Belize, Belize Family Life Association, Organization for Women in Action, implemented the Mobile Women Centre (MWCs) delivering lifelifesaving services through legal support, psychosocial...more
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
"Despite efforts to improve healthcare services for elderly persons, various accounts point to the fact that Belize lacks medical personnel trained in geriatric care making it difficult for healthcare providers to adequately respond to the needs of older persons, even more so, the needs of elderly women. To improve this gap, NHI continue to support the Mercy Care Clinic, the only facility in the entire country focusing on the geriatric population" (8). "In 2020 UNFPA through the Spotlight Initiative, the Child Development Foundation, Human Rights Commission of Belize, Belize Family Life Association, Organization for Women in Action, implemented the Mobile Women Centre (MWCs) delivering lifelifesaving services through legal support, psychosocial...more
Sept. 6, 2024, 10:07 a.m.
Countries: Cameroon
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1
“The Cameron government is trying to end the stigma and discrimination attached to the condition [of fistula] through education programs” (11).