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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1987 33(5):239-242; doi:10.1093/tropej/33.5.239
© 1987 by Oxford University Press
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The Health Status of Women in Developing Countries of the World

H. M. Wallace, MD, MPH

Department of Maternal and Child Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University

This paper reviews the health status and major health needs of women in developing countries. This includes high fertility, high maternal mortality, major sequelae from pregnancy, inadequate maternity care, unsafe abortion, and poor nutrition. These health needs are discussed in the context of the status of women—their low level of education, early marriage and childbearing, and hard physical labour. Yet, the women of the family are expected to play the important role of health educator and provider of primary health care for the family.


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