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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><img width="143" height="72" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image010.jpg@01D5074E.935E1E00"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.who.int/life-course/news/women-and-girls-health-across-life-course-top-facts/en/"><span style="color:blue">https://www.who.int/life-course/news/women-and-girls-health-across-life-course-top-facts/en/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:9.0pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Women’s & Girls’ Health Across the Life Course<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Pregnancy, childbirth and newborn<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="450" height="285" id="Picture_x0020_16" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D5074D.E61AA600" alt="Marie Michelle François (Haiti) holds her newborn in a kangaroo pouch"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">UNICEF Haiti/2012/Domino<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Approximately 303 000 women died from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth in 2015. Worldwide, one woman out of five still has no access
during childbirth to a skilled health professional, who could prevent or manage most complications.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Over 10% of women globally, and about 20% of women in developing countries, experience peripartum and postpartum depression. This severely affects women’s
health and well-being and their children’s early development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">An estimated 2.6 million stillbirths occurred globally in 2015, 98% of them in low- and middle-income countries. Globally, one in ten live births is
preterm.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">In some settings, gender-based discrimination can lead to sex-selective abortion and female infanticide.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">5.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">The risk of dying is highest in the first month of life with 2.5 million neonatal deaths in 2017. Prematurity, complications during labour and birth,
and infections like sepsis, pneumonia, tetanus and diarrhoea are leading causes, all of which can be prevented.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">6.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Infancy and early childhood (1 month–4 years)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="450" height="285" id="Picture_x0020_17" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D5074D.E61AA600" alt="A young couple and their baby"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">Flickr Creative Commons License/Harsha K R<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">5.4 million children under the age of 5 died in 2017. Children in sub-Saharan Africa are more than 14 times more likely to die before the age of 5 than
children in high income countries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Leading causes of death for girls and boys include preterm birth complications, pneumonia, birth asphyxia, congenital anomalies, diarrhoea and malaria,
with similar death rates for girls and boys. Most of these conditions can be prevented or treated by simple, affordable interventions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">In some settings, gender discrimination means girls are less likely to access to vaccines, health services and good nutrition than their male counterparts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Children in the poorest households are nearly twice as likely to die before the age of five than those from the richest, with the majority dying in southern
Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Educating girls and women improves health outcomes. Despite progress made over the last 20 years however, girls are still less likely than boys to attend
school.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Later childhood and early adolescence (5–14 years)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="450" height="290" id="Picture_x0020_18" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D5074D.E61AA600" alt="A group of children crossing a street"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">Anil Gulati, Courtesy of Photoshare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Girls aged 5-9 have a relatively high risk of dying from preventable infectious diseases such as lower respiratory infections, diarrhoeal diseases, or
malaria. Lower respiratory infections are also the leading cause of death for younger adolescent girls aged 10–14 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Despite small improvements over the past few years, HIV/AIDS remains the second leading cause for this group of girls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">During puberty, gender norms may place restrictions on girls’ physical mobility and access to information, which influences their self-esteem and health
seeking behavior as they transition into adulthood. Globally, an estimated 18% of girls, in comparison to 8% of boys, experience sexual abuse at some point in their childhood. An estimated 120 million adolescent girls have experienced forced intercourse or
other forced sexual acts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Nutritional problems are a major issue. Overweight and obesity can lead to premature death and disability later on, while girls may experience anorexia
nervosa and other eating disorders. Iron deficiency anemia affects a substantial number of adolescent girls.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Vaccination of young adolescent girls against HPV prevents cervical cancer in later life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Later adolescence and youth (15–24 years)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="450" height="290" id="Picture_x0020_19" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D5074D.E61AA600" alt="School girls playing "><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">Flickr Creative Commons License/UN Women/Gustavo Stephan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">The top causes of death for females aged 15–24 years are maternal conditions, self-harm, road injury, HIV/AIDS, diarrheal diseases and tuberculosis.
Depressive disorders, linked to self-harm and suicide, are leading causes of ill health. Sub-Saharan Africa is the region which has the highest burden of HIV among adolescent girls and young women.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Young women and girls are subject to a range of harmful practices and violence, including early marriage; every year, 12 million girls get married before
the age of 18 years. In addition, 12.8 million births occur among adolescent girls aged 15-19 years, and 3.9 million unsafe abortions occur among girls aged 15-19 years each year, contributing to maternal mortality and lasting health problems.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">At least 200 million girls and women have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM), including about one in three girls aged 15–19 years in 30 countries
in which the practice is concentrated. This practice contributes to a range of adverse health outcomes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Gender-based violence becomes a major problem and will continue in later life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Data show that lack of decision-making power has a profound impact on the health of girls and young women. For example, 52% of adolescent girls and young
women from rural areas and 47% from urban areas in 28 countries from sub-Saharan Africa need approval from their husbands/family to make decisions about their own health care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Early adulthood (25–49 years)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">Kate Holt/AusAID<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">HIV/AIDS remains the leading cause of death among women within this age group globally. Noncommunicable diseases, specifically heart disease is the second
leading cause. Tuberculosis is another major threat.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">214 million women of reproductive age in developing regions who want to avoid pregnancy are not using a modern contraceptive method. 44% of pregnancies
are unintended. and this results in approximately 56 million abortions every year, half of which are unsafe. During or following pregnancy, women may develop or be diagnosed with health conditions including depression, obstetric fistula, hypertension and diabetes,
all of which may require longer-term care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Worldwide, the top five most common types of cancer among women are breast, lung, colorectal, cervical and stomach.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Women are more at risk of depression and anxiety than men. Associated risk factors include women’s subordinate status, stressors and negative life experiences
including violence and the disproportionate burden of care for others.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">One in three women experience physical and/or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner at some point in their life.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Middle adulthood (50–64 years)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">WHO Iraq/S.Meyer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Women face a multiple health problems in their post-reproduction years. Women may face chronic conditions, such as obstetric fistula, pelvic pain and
incontinence as a result of their pregnancies. These problems are more common in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in places where fertility is high and women do not have access to good quality health care for pregnancy and delivery.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Cervical cancer is one of the most common causes of death for women: globally, one woman dies of cervical cancer every two minutes. Nearly 90% of cervical
cancer deaths are of women living in low- and middle- income countries. Women who are living with HIV are at a particularly high risk of cervical cancer as they are 4-5 times more likely to experience persistent HPV infection and subsequently cervical cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Breast cancer is becoming more of a problem in low- and middle-income countries. Age at first pregnancy, the number of pregnancies and breastfeeding
history can all influence a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo12;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Heart disease and stroke are significant causes of death and disability in women in both developed and developing countries and especially among women
who are poor. Women with heart disease tend to present with different symptoms than men and are less likely to seek or to be provided with medical help and to be properly diagnosed until late in the disease process.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">While improvements have been made in women’s health, women are less likely to have access to appropriate investigations and treatment, and are more likely
to be underrepresented in research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Later adulthood (65 to 79 and 80 years and over)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><img border="0" width="450" height="290" id="Picture_x0020_22" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D5074D.E61AA600" alt="An older woman with a young girl in Atapeu province, Laos."><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#999999">Phong Tran/Photoshare<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Regardless of where they live, the biggest killers of women at this life stage are heart disease, stroke, and chronic lung disease. Many of these are
associated with modifiable risk factors in adolescence and early adulthood, including smoking, unhealthy diets, and sedentary lifestyles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Women over the age of 65 have much higher rates of injuries due to falling than men – possibly related to frailty, osteoporosis and other underlying
chronic conditions. Consequent fractures, limit quality of life and functional ability.These are often ignored because they are incorrectly seen as an inevitable part of ageing or less serious than such conditions as heart disease or cancer.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Dementia is more common among women than men in this age group.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:15.0pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-line-height-alt:11.25pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo14;background:white;vertical-align:baseline">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">Women aged 60 years and over also experience greater loss of functional abilities than men, including poor vision and hearing loss and are less likely
to receive treatment or supportive aids for these conditions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">When older women live alone, they may be subject to elder abuse, including because of their limited access to social and financial protections (e.g.
pensions, employment benefits). This in turn affects their access to health care.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">At every phase of life, women and girls have specific needs and opportunities to optimize their health and well-being. Health is also linked
across life phases. A life course approach helps optimise people’s health and well-being at all ages. It is built on evidence-based strategies and the right to the highest attainable standard of health.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333">WHO response and resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Promoting health through the life course is a priority focus in WHO’s work, including in the 13th General Programme of Work . Universal Health
Coverage underpins WHO’s efforts to support countries strengthen delivery of, and access to, services to prevent and treat the most common health conditions. The Organization also works to address risk factors, including those related to gender inequality
and other social determinants such as socio-economic status, race, ethnicity, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">WHO produces and regularly updates evidence-based guidelines on key health issues, and works alongside partners in countries (e.g. via the
H6 partnership of UN organizations working on health) to strengthen services on the ground.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Some examples of major WHO evidence-based strategies and partnership initiatives include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/gho/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">WHO’s Global Health Observatory as a key data
source and global good</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://www.everywomaneverychild.org/global-strategy" target="_new"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Global
Strategy for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' Health (2016-2030). New York: Every Woman Every Child; 2015</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272612/9789241513951-eng.pdf?ua=1"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Quality,
Equity, Dignity. The network to improve quality of care for maternal, newborn and child health</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/improving-maternal-newborn-care-quality/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Standards
for improving quality of maternal and newborn care in health facilities</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/quality-standards-child-adolescent/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Standards
for improving the quality of care for children and young adolescents in health facilities</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/272603/9789241514064-eng.pdf?ua=1"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Nurturing
care for early childhood development: a framework for helping children survive and thrive to transform health and human potential</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/immunization/global_vaccine_action_plan/GVAP_doc_2011_2020/en"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">World
Health Organization, United Nations Children’s Fund, World Bank Group. Geneva: World Health Organization;</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/255415/1/9789241512343-eng.pdf?ua=1"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Global
Accelerated Action for the Health of Adolescents (AA-HA!): guidance to support country implementation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2017</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/maternal_child_adolescent/documents/global-standards-adolescent-care/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Global
standards for quality health care services for adolescents</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/publications/general/RHR_04_8/en"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Reproductive
health strategy to accelerate progress towards the attainment of international development goals and targets</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/252276/9789241511537-eng.pdf?ua=1"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Global
plan of action to strengthen the role of the health system within a national multisectoral response to address interpersonal violence, in particular against women and girls, and against children</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/call-to-action-elimination-cervical-cancer/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">WHO’s
Director-General issues a call for coordinated action globally to eliminate cervical cancer</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/gender-equity-rights/knowledge/roadmap/en/"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Integrating
equity, gender, human rights and social determinants into the work of WHO: Roadmap for Action (2014-2019)</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#333333"><a href="https://www.who.int/ageing/WHO-GSAP-2017.pdf?ua=1"><span style="color:#723475;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">The global strategy
and action plan on ageing and health 2016–2020: towards a world in which everyone can live a long and healthy life</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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