A report commissioned by the World Health Organization gathers a baseline of data about the health of women and girls throughout their lives, in different parts of the world and in different groups within countries. Amongst its findings, the report reveals that the health status of girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa is, by nearly every measure, the lowest in the world: “for women aged 20 to 60 years in affluent countries, the risk of premature death is only 6%. In sub-Saharan Africa, the risk is 42%, or seven times higher.”
The full report can be retrieved here.
