Title page -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Executive summary -- Chapter 1: understanding women's health in the world today -- Women around the world -- Increasing life expectancy -- The health transition -- Socioeconomic inequalities adversely affect health -- Gender inequities affect women's health -- Women amid conflicts and crisis -- Women and the health-care system -- Conclusion -- Chapter 2: The girl child -- Still too many deaths of infants and children -- Sex differentials in health -- Female genital mutilation -- Abuse and maltreatment -- Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Adolescent girl -- A time of good health but also risk -- Puberty and sexual debut -- Adolescent pregnancy -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Substance use -- Poor diet and physical inactivity -- Mental health in adolescence -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Adult women: the reproductive years -- Women's health during the reproductive years -- Maternal health -- Women and HIV/AIDS -- Sexually transmitted infections -- Cervical cancer -- Infertility -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Adult women -- Mortality and burden of disease -- Women, depression and suicide -- Risk factors for chronic disease -- Violence -- Illness and use of health services -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Older women -- Women and ageing -- Socioeconomic influences on health in older women -- What are the health problems that older women face? -- Managing disabilities - a matter of prevention and care -- Caring for older women -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: Policy implications -- Leadership -- Responsive health services -- Universal coverage -- Public policy -- Tracking progress -- Conclusion -- Index.