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Thursday, May 28, 1998

Women's Health Day today

EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE  
VADODARA, May 27: Access to Health Care - a Woman's Right' is the theme of the campaign this year on International Day of Action for Women's Health to be observed on Thursday.

Women's organisations and health groups in the country participating in the campaign have demanded expansion of integrated and holistic women's health services, revision and reform in the medical curriculum from a gender sensitive perspective, compulsory sex education in formal and informal education system at all levels, an increase in the health budget and official declaration of this day as day for action on women's health.May 28 is observed world-wide as a day for action on women's health. The decision to observe this day and launch campaigns was taken in 1987 at the Fifth International Women and Health meeting in Costa Rica by the World Global Network of Reproductive Rights.

Copyright © 1998 Indian Express Newspapers (Bombay) Ltd.


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