This paper analyses the impact of new institutional structures in global health governance on the realization of social … rights in poor countries. Meanwhile, health is broadly seen as an import precondition for social and economic development … related diseases. The paper concludes that global health governance is characterized by a combination of moral values and …

on the gender-specific health outcome of respondents aged 60+ at follow-up over a period of 13 years (for western Germany … analysed self-rated general health as well as the self-reported absence and prevalence of specific diseases which are directly …-up in order to control for selection effects to the health outcome. The analysis was separated by sex to account for gender …

We investigate the role of social norms in accounting for differences in self-reported health as reported by men and … worse health than men, whatever the health outcome we consider – i.e. general self-assessed health but also more specific … workplace environment and study how the latter affects self-reported health for men and women separately. Our findings indicate …

Using longitudinal and biomarker data from the China Family Panel Studies and the China Health and Nutrition Survey …, this study examines the association between the type of domestic cooking fuel and the health of women aged ≥16 in rural … LNG have a significantly lower probability of chronic or acute diseases and are more likely to report better health. Even …

households and community health workers for every live birth, this program altered existing trends in prenatal sex selection … role played by community health workers in facilitating the program is a key driver of the decline in prenatal sex …

We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women … persistent negative implications on women's physical and mental health that is not just limited to the time of menstruation. …