Six million women from the world’s poorest communities subsidizing delivery of essential health care, researchers say

A new report by Women in Global Health highlights how many health systems are dependent upon women from the world’s poorest communities working for free or for extremely low pay to deliver essential health care.

Six million women “work unpaid and underpaid in core health systems roles, effectively subsidizing global health with their unpaid and underpaid labor,” states the report. “Typically, these women are from low-income families, with limited education, working as community health workers (CHWs) in their local communities.”

Originally posted on Exemplars in Global Health