Parliaments lead the change for women’s, children’s and adolescents’ health: what have we learnt?

• Published in: BMJ global health Vol. 6; no. 2; p. e003615
• Main Authors: Toure, Kadidiatou, Cuevas, Gabriela, Hinton, Rachael, Imbago, David, Karlsson, Ulrika, Rocco, Cecilia, Sangiorgio, Miriam, Nsubuga, Diana, Chungong, Martin, Fogstad, Helga, Bustreo, Flavia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.02.2021; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Accountability; Advocacy; Budgets; Children & youth; Childrens health; Civil society; Collaboration; Committees; Community; Decision making; Gender; Global health; Health administration; Health facilities; Leadership; Legislation; Literature reviews; Maternal & child health; Members of Parliament; Parliamentary committees; Public health; Teenagers; Women; Workers; Workforce; Uganda; Kenya; United States > US; Namibia; maternal health; health policy; child health; public health

[...]the Parliamentarians for Women’s Health project acts in Kenya, Tanzania, Namibia and Botswana to inspire and support parliamentary champions to drive policy and legislative change as a means of improving health outcomes.13 Lack of parliamentary independence can affect the way in which parliamen...