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Gender-responsive health policies key to achieving equity, experts say

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Gender experts now say health policies must take gender into account to achieve better health outcomes.

Sylvia Muyingo a seasoned statistics specialist and a gender expert at African Population and Health Research Centre (APHRC) said since the outbreak of Covid-19, researchers have been analysing the degree to which policies address gender-related issues and intersectionalities.

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