Poverty, development, and women: why should we care?
Healthy, prosperous nations require healthy women and newborns. Young girls and women in resource-poor nations suffer the greatest ill-health consequences from low status, denial of basic human rights, and poverty. Poverty and poor health result in poor economic development. The Millennium Development Goals call for immediate efforts to reduce poverty, improve health, especially of girls and women, and foster development in the world's poorest nations.
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Joyce E Beebe
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Bronson School of Nursing, Western Michigan University at Kalamazoo, Michigan, MI 49008-5345, USA. joyce.thompson@wmich.edu
D000328:Adult; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D006040:Goals; D006292:Health Priorities; D006293:Health Promotion; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007229:Infant Welfare; D007390:International Agencies / Q000458:organization & administration; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009938:Organizations / Q000458:organization & administration; D011203:Poverty / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012945:Social Values; D016387:Women's Health; D014933:Women's Rights; D014944:World Health Organization