Gender-related differences in the impact of tropical diseases on women: what do we know?
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 26 (1) , 37-53
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000021040
Abstract
Summary This paper explores the importance of gender differences in the impact of tropical diseases on women. Malaria and schistosomiasis are used as examples but most of the observations also apply to other diseases endemic to developing countries. The distinction between sex and gender is discussed and evidence of sex and gender differences in the determinants and consequences of malaria and schistosomiasis, particularly their economic, social and personal dimensions, is reviewed. Issues on which research and intervention studies are needed are identified.Keywords
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