World Journal of Public Health

Special Issue

Women, Health and Sustainable Development in Under Developed Country

  • Submission Deadline: May 10, 2020
  • Status: Submission Closed
  • Lead Guest Editor: Meless Siméon Akmel
About This Special Issue
Humans are at the center of concerns about sustainable development. They are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature. The goals of sustainable development can not be achieved, as long as diseases continue to claim lives (WHO, 2002). Underdeveloped countries today face health problems (IDRC, 2018). This is a worrying situation, which has mobilized, and political authorities and researchers. As a result, women and girls are particularly at risk for disease (AIDS, hepatitis, metabolic diseases…), because of poor governance, poverty, certain social practices, illiteracy and poor care (Toure, 2005). They are victims of forced marriage, excision, excluded from the management of land ... Few are women, who enjoy a good general state of health and know the well-being. Yet, the right of women to good health is recognized in Beijing in 1995 (UN, 2000). The purpose of this Special Issue is to ensure better access for women to health care and services in underdeveloped countries. The specific objectives are: (i) to take stock of the health situation of women and girls in these countries; then to (ii): propose solutions, with a view to better care for women and girls at the health level in the underdeveloped countries. The scope of the special issue is to deconstruct the health situation of women and girls in these countries, which is essential for sustainable development.

Aims and Scope:

  1. Femal Poverty and Health
  2. Maternal and Child Health
  3. Excision of Young Girls
  4. Women and Metabolic Diseases
  5. Women Health and Sustainable Development
  6. Women and Hepatitis
Lead Guest Editor
  • Meless Siméon Akmel

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

Guest Editors
  • Kouadio Raphaël Oura

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Gnazégbo Hilaire Mazou

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Irafiala Toure

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Doumbia Tiemoko

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Meledje Raymond Mel

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • N’Doumy Noel Abé

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Issiaka Kone

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology,University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • N'Goran François Kouassi

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Bah Jean-Pierre Kouakou

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Obou Mathieu Tchetche

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Gnabro Robert Loba

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

  • Brahima Coulibaly

    Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Alassane Ouattara, Bouake, Ivory Coast

Published Articles
  • Women, Puberty Rites and Heterosexuality: A Case Study in Côte D’Ivoire

    Toure Irafiala

    Issue: Volume 6, Issue 1, March 2021
    Pages: 1-5
    Received: Apr. 20, 2020
    Accepted: Dec. 30, 2020
    Published: Jan. 19, 2021
    DOI: 10.11648/j.wjph.20210601.11
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: Since 2000 the International Community has focused on the promotion of women with actions and recommendations on gender equality between men and women and empower women. On closer analysis, Millennium Development Goal does not explain the status of women in reproducing society through heterosexuality in which women are in a position of power. The t... Show More
  • Social Perceptions, Behaviors and Therapeutic Routes Related to High Blood Pressure in Women from Banco to Bouake

    Siméon Meless Akmel , Hilaire Gnazégbo Mazou , Patrice Edmond Yao Kouakou

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 3, September 2020
    Pages: 47-52
    Received: Apr. 07, 2020
    Accepted: Apr. 22, 2020
    Published: Jul. 06, 2020
    DOI: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200503.11
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: High blood pressure is a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, more particularly in Ivory Coast. It causes stroke, heart failure, kidney failure and coronary heart disease, the leading causes of death worldwide. This situation has led political authorities, researchers, NGOs to reflect on reality. The objective of this research is to analyze... Show More
  • Community Resilience in Face of Dystocia Deliveries: Case of Abbey Community in Ivory Coast

    Mathieu Tchétché Obou , Oscar Kouadio Koffi Bodoua

    Issue: Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2020
    Pages: 17-23
    Received: Jan. 08, 2020
    Accepted: Jan. 28, 2020
    Published: Feb. 14, 2020
    DOI: 10.11648/j.wjph.20200501.13
    Downloads:
    Views:
    Abstract: In Ivory Coast, the objectives of the sustainable development in health field seem to be upset by the frequency of dystocic deliveries. They contribute to the increase in the rate of maternity and mortality. In response to this concern, the community environment is developing resilience through various remedies. Like the different ethnic communitie... Show More