Giving Compass' Take:
- Global Health Now writes about the under-vaccination of women throughout the world due to a myriad of gender disparities.
- What can health organizations and regional governments do to mend the gender gap?
- Read about how the pandemic has affected women in India.
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During the early COVID-19 vaccine campaigns in South Sudan, Gabon and Somalia, just 30% of people vaccinated were women—raising concerns that women were being left behind across Africa as well as Asia and the Middle East, the AP reports.
Possible reasons include:
- Some women need their husbands’ permission.
- They may lack technology to schedule vaccinations.
- Others are reluctant to risk missing work because of side-effects.
Read the full article about women and vaccines at Global Health NOW.