在非洲解决被忽视的热带疾病:性别观点
Deborah O Shomuyiwa1, Nsikakabasi S George2,3, Blessing A Sunday4
1Faculty of Pharmacy University of Lagos Lagos Nigeria.
Health science reports
|November 29, 2023
概括
忽视的热带疾病 (NTDs) 对非洲妇女的影响不成比例,突出了可持续发展目标 (SDGs) 中的性别不平等. 解决这些差异需要综合战略,以改善健康结果和性别平等.
科学领域:
- 全球健康 全球健康
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 发展研究 发展研究 研究
背景情况:
- 被忽视的热带疾病 (NTD) 对非洲边缘化人口造成了重大负担.
- 新型发展数据是实现可持续发展目标 (SDG) 的关键指标,特别是关于健康公平的指标.
- 现有的NTD计划往往忽视了疾病影响和获得护理的性别差异.
研究的目的:
- 分析非洲的NTD和SDG的交叉点,特别关注性别不平等.
- 检查性别如何影响与NTD相关的易感性,治疗准入和健康寻求行为.
- 在NTD控制和消除策略中倡导性别综合方法.
主要方法:
- 在非洲背景下对NTD,SDG和性别的现有研究进行文献综述和综合.
- 分析导致NTD负担的基于性别的因素,包括社会经济地位,文化规范和性别角色.
- 审查目前的NTD项目框架,以提高性别敏感性和包容性.
主要成果:
- 由于社会经济因素,文化动态和性别规范,女性面临对NTD的高度易感性.
- 在NTD治疗可及性和健康寻求行为方面存在显著的基于性别的不平衡.
- 非洲目前的NTD项目基本上缺乏性别考虑和综合战略.
结论:
- 实现可持续发展目标和确保健康公平需要在NTD计划中解决性别差异.
- 性别转变的方法和改进的数据收集对于有效的NTD干预至关重要.
- 需要合作,多部门努力,以促进NTD控制的性别平衡,以实现可持续发展和性别平等.
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