Session 56:
Gender inequality, in death as in life?
Chair: Ofra Anson, Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Global inequality in life expectancy among women and among men, 1970-2005 Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Carla AbouZahr, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Colin Douglas Mathers, World Health Organization (WHO) ; Sam Harper, McGill University ; John Lynch, University of South Australia
Gender discrimination in healthcare in India R. N. Pandey, Government of India ; S. K. Mukhopadhyay, Government of India
Health status of Indian women: evidence from World Health Survey data Bhawna Malik, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)
A population where men live as long as women Michel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain ; Gianni Pes, Università degli Studi di Sassari ; Luisa Salaris, Université Catholique de Louvain
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