Publications by authors named "Annette Zou"
Article Synopsis
- Gender-based bias and discrimination significantly hinder progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly in development assistance for health (DAH).
- Despite evidence that addressing gender inequities improves health outcomes, there is a lack of sufficient resources and effective approaches to tackle these issues within DAH.
- The study identifies six systemic challenges that perpetuate gender inequities, including a lack of input from affected groups, decision-maker blind spots, power imbalances, restrictive donor funding structures, fragmented programming, and data bias.
Development assistance for health (DAH) is an important mechanism for funding and technical support to low-income countries. Despite increased DAH spending, intractable health challenges remain. Recent decades have seen numerous efforts to reform DAH models, yet pernicious challenges persist amidst structural complexities and a growing number of actors.
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