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2014 ROTARY INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
By
Dr. Rekha Shetty
A Well woman program is a Rotary activities and programs that will improve the wellness of
women.
JOIN LEADERS, EXCHANGE IDEAS, TAKE ACTION
Rotarian Action Group for Population
& Development (RFPD) as a Resource for Maternal and Child
Health.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
Health Issues of Women
• Gynecological health and disorders• Pregnancy issues • Disorders related to infertility • Breast Cancer• Cervical Cancer
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
• Osteoporosis• Skin Cancer• High Blood Pressure• Diabetes• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV)• Colorectal Cancer• Glaucoma
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
While life expectancy is higher for women than men in most countries, a number of health and social factors combine to create a lower quality of life for women. Unequal access to information, care and basic health practices further increases the health risks for women.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
Quality of Structure
Quality of Outcome
Important Parameters
Quality of Process
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
Facts About Women’s Health
Women and girls continue to face gender-based vulnerabilities that require urgent attention - especially in sub-Saharan Africa where 80% of all women living with HIV are located.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
Between 15% and 71% of women around the world have suffered physical or sexual violence committed by an intimate male partner at some point in their lives.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
About 14 million adolescent girls become mothers every year. More than 90% of these very young mothers live in developing countries.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
Even though early marriage is on the decline, an estimated 100 million girls will marry before their 18th birthday over the next 10 years.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
In most countries women tend to be in charge of cooking. When they cook over open fires or traditional stoves, they breathe in a mix of hundreds of pollutants on a daily basis, such harmful pollutants may cause low birth weight or even stillbirth.
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
What can be Done?
• Allowing women to space their children when they are ready and able to love them with all their heart
• Protecting women and girls from unwanted pregnancies
• Preventing abortions
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
• Protecting women from cancer of the reproductive system
• Teaching men to change their attitudes toward women and child bearing
• AIDS education• Conducting of health awareness
sessions and camps• Training on Health & Hygiene
ROTARY’S WELL WOMAN PROGRAM
