Planning with a gender lens: A gender analysis of pandemic preparedness plans from eight countries in Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Health planning and priority setting with a gender lens can help to anticipate and mitigate vulnerabilities that women and girls may experience in health systems, which is especially relevant during health emergencies. This study examined how gender considerations were accounted for in COVID-19 pandemic response planning in a subset of countries in Africa.

Methods

Multi-country document review of national pandemic response plans (published before July 2020 and as of March 2022) from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, supplemented with secondary data on gender representation on planning committees. A gender analysis framework informed the study design and the Morgan et al. matrix guided data extraction and analysis.

Result

SUBMITTER: Essue BM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10809111 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature