Fitzgerald James, Schutt-Aine Jessie, Houghton Natalia, De Bortoli Cassiani Silvia Helena, Báscolo Ernesto, Alarcón Gisela, Nascimento Sena Ana Gabriela
Organización Panamericana de la Salud Washington D.C. Estados Unidos de América Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Washington D.C., Estados Unidos de América.
Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2023 Sep 26;47:e135. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2023.135. eCollection 2023.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic demonstrated the need to strengthen the focus on gender from an integrative and multisectoral perspective to address health care problems. This article seeks to highlight the importance of incorporating and strengthening the gender focus in policies for building resilient, equitable, and universal health care systems. With this objective in mind, the role of women in the health sector is addressed from two directions. The first examines women's conditions of access to health systems in the Region of the Americas and highlights the need to overcome the obstacles that prevent the full realization of their right to health care. The second discusses the preponderant role of women in the health labor market, and the need to expand their leadership in decision-making in the sector. Finally, an appeal is made for progress in the implementation of recommendations to strengthen the focus on gender and the role of women in health policies and systems.
2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行表明，有必要从综合和多部门的角度加强对性别问题的关注，以解决医疗保健问题。本文旨在强调在建设有韧性、公平和普遍的医疗保健系统的政策中纳入并加强性别关注的重要性。出于这一目标，从两个方向探讨了妇女在卫生部门中的作用。第一个方向审视了美洲地区妇女获得卫生系统服务的状况，并强调需要克服阻碍她们充分实现医疗保健权利的障碍。第二个方向讨论了妇女在卫生劳动力市场中的主导作用，以及扩大她们在该部门决策中领导力的必要性。最后，呼吁在落实加强对性别问题的关注以及妇女在卫生政策和系统中的作用的建议方面取得进展。
