Health and gender – Healthy DEvelopments

Beyond the Gap: A Health System for All

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 14:39:22 +0000

At the World Health Summit, leaders from WHO, BMZ, Gavi, ATscale, Special Olympics, Mohammend Bin Zayed Foundation for Humanity and organizations of persons with disabilities called for practical steps to make disability inclusion core to universal health coverage. From data gaps to assistive technology, and from global commitments to local realities, the message was clear: equity requires design, investment and accountability so that 1.3 billion people with disabilities are not left behind. And a global movement with diverse stakeholders working together is needed to mobilize these needed resources.

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Empowering Girls in the Shadow of K2: How Nutrition Education Sparks Change

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 01 Dec 2025 09:49:06 +0000

Supported by the German Government through GIZ, the SOPRAN initiative is helping adolescent girls in Skardu (Pakistan) understand nutrition, improve their health, and adopt stronger eating habits. But the impact goes deeper: as girls begin making informed choices, they also gain the confidence to express their needs, influence decisions at home, and guide their peers. Through stories like Adila’s, the article shows how nutrition education is not only strengthening health but also nurturing a quiet shift in behaviour and voice—one that is gradually reshaping families and communities.

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Fighting Anaemia with Bread and Tablets

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 21:26:11 +0000

Across Pakistan, a quiet revolution is taking place in schools, homes, and community mills. Through the SOPRAN initiative, the Government of Pakistan, the German Government, the Gates Foundation, and partners including BISP, Nutrition International, CERP, and WFP are tackling anaemia among adolescent girls with fortified wheat flour, iron tablets, and nutrition education.

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Menstrual Product Safety in the Spotlight: Moving From Evidence to Action on Women’s Health

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 12:57:19 +0000

New findings on metals in menstrual products raise troubling questions about potential risks for women’s health. An event on the sidelines of the World Health Summit in Berlin brought together groups working to ensure that women everywhere have access to menstrual products that are safe, affordable and environmentally sustainable.

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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the Edge: Navigating Disaster Risks & the Need for Adaptive Social Protection

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:21:00 +0000

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces escalating climate risks — from glacial lake outburst floods to cloudbursts and landslides — that strike with increasing frequency and severity. This article explores how stronger disaster risk management and adaptive social protection can help the province safeguard vulnerable communities and break the cycle of loss.

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Girls in charge: How the Oky period tracker app empowers girls and helps to close the digital divide

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:53:02 +0000

The Oky app gives girls of all abilities the information they need to manage their periods and answers their questions about sexual and reproductive health. As an inclusive digital solution created ‘by girls, for girls,’ it offers an entry point to practice and improve digital skills.

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Midwives and Nurses: Pillars of Libya’s Health System

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 17 Mar 2025 13:22:11 +0000

Once reliant on foreign health professionals, Libya is now strengthening its healthcare system by investing in local talent. By providing more modern and practice-oriented education, the country is equipping midwives and nurses with the skills to deliver quality care - ensuring better health outcomes based on capacity building.

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A call to action: A new social impact campaign tackles menstrual taboos

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 28 Feb 2025 13:34:53 +0000

A global campaign aims to tackle taboos, ignorance and misinformation about menstrual health and hygiene by using the award-winning German-Kenyan social impact film Impure as a catalyst for change.

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WHS 2024: Women’s health is key

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 30 Dec 2024 17:54:39 +0000

Global leaders unite at the at the World Health Summit 2024 to address the specific health needs of women.

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Global Health and bodily autonomy- a short film by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 30 Aug 2024 13:57:31 +0000

Poor sanitation comes with a cost – it affects the affected individuals' and populations' health status and their productivity. Zambia, for example, loses 1.3 percent of GDP due to public health impacts of poor sanitation which results in child malnutrition, illness and premature death.

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