W.H.O.評估婦女健康

 紐約時報（2009年11月9日美聯社）

世界衛生組織就其第一次全球婦女健康研究表示，艾滋病毒是導致15歲和44歲的婦女死亡的主要病因。

聯合國機構世衛組織說：「在發展中國家，育齡婦女的危險性行為是主要風險因素；其他包括缺鐵和避孕藥用品的不易取得。全世界的死亡者，每5名中就有一名是上述年齡因危險性行為死亡的婦女。」

這些研究數據旨在強調，這些婦女從出生到死亡，卻面臨著不平等的保健治療。

原文：

World Briefing | United Nations

W.H.O. Assesses Women’s Health

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: November 9, 2009／The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/health/research/10briefs-Aids.html 

In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that H.I.V. is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Unprotected sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries for these women of childbearing age; others include iron deficiency and lack of access to contraceptives, said the W.H.O., a United Nations agency. Throughout the world, one in five deaths among women in this age group is linked to unprotected sex, the agency said. The data was included in a report intended to highlight the unequal health treatment a woman faces from birth to death.

A version of this article appeared in print on November 10, 2009, on page A10 of the New York edition.