Measuring Health and Development

Life Expectancy at Birth

the average number of years a newborn infant can expect to live Limitations: no information on specific issues non-fatal health outcomes, disabilities are not addressed

Why are 100 million women missing?

1. China One-Child policy (1979-2015): abortions and female infanticides 2. Bad medical care 3. Few social services

Elements of SIGI

1. Discrimination in the family 2. Restricted physical integrity 3. Restricted access to productive and financial resources 4. Restricted Civil Liberties

Alma-Ata Declaration, 1978 and Bamako Initiative, 1987

1. Primary healthcare and equity 2. Socio-economic sector collaboration 3. Community participation at all levels 4. Reducing healthcare cost for the poorest

Child Mortality

Main causes: 1. Infants: prematurity, neonatal infection, trauma 2. 1-5 year olds: malaria, under nutrition, no vaccines Limitations of stats: not all deaths are recorded

Measuring Gender

Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI). Spans all stages of a woman's life in order to show discriminatory social institutions and trap them in cycles of poverty