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We live in a world where global travel is more easily attainable, and global communications and information technology have improved access to health care expertise. The World Health Organization defines health as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease. Women's health is an example of a specifically defined population.This issue is our first to deal with global women's health. Edited with the expertise of Dr Jean Anderson and Dr Grace Chen from Johns Hopkins University, this issue covers timely women's health topics, such as contraception and preconception care, gynecologic cancers, maternal health and mortality, HIV, genital tract infections, violence against women, and pelvic floor disorders. While developed countries have lower mortalities overall, there are still major inequalities in outcomes within these countries.Women's experiences of health and disease can differ from those of men due to unique biological and surrounding environmental conditions. Gender differences in susceptibility and symptoms of disease and response to treatment are particularly evident when viewed from a global perspective. Women's and men's ex

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Author

William F. Rayburn

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Published

2022

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)