Table of Contents

Foreword -- Introduction -- Women’s Health: The Price of Poverty -- Mother and More: A Broader Perspective on Women’s Health -- Women’s Nutrition Through the Life Cycle: Social and Biological Vulnerabilities -- Infection: Social and Medical Realities -- Family Planning: A Base to Build on for Women’s Reproductive Health Services -- Abortion -- Women’s Mortality: A Legacy of Neglect -- Violence Against Women: The Missing Agenda -- Women’s Mental Health: A Global Perspective -- Access to Care: More Than a Problem of Distance -- Quality of Care: A Neglected Dimension -- Health Women’s Way: Learning to Listen

About the Author

Marge Koblinsky, an international public health specialist, is presently director of the MotherCare Project with John Snow, Inc. Judith Timyan is director of health programs at Population Services International. Jill Gay, currently a consultant with Bass & Howes, Washington, D.C., consulted with the National Council for International Health on the 1991 conference.