Abstract
Gender equality is a central precondition for sustainable development and a key determinant of health for all genders. Improving the health and well-being of all genders requires gender-transformative, human rights-driven, and intersectional policy approaches that directly address the underlying causes of gender inequities. This chapter addresses the crucial nexus between gender and health inequalities, through a broad lens that examines how human sex and gender act as determinants of health and disease, how health systems respond to and address the different health needs and expectations of diverse genders, and finally, how gender plays a critical role in the global health workforce and global health leadership.
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Dhatt, R., Pley, C. (2021). Gender and Global Health Inequality. In: Haring, R., Kickbusch, I., Ganten, D., Moeti, M. (eds) Handbook of Global Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-05325-3_52-1
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