Gender-Responsive Composite Index for Women's Health: A Comprehensive Measure of Women's Health

Muzungu Sylvain of the Ministry of Health in Rwanda will develop a health index as a comprehensive, integrated measure of women’s health in Rwanda. The index will be based on Rwanda’s National Health Intelligence Center that consolidates real-time and historical data from electronic medical records of all health facilities, the District Health Information System, Civil Registration and Vital Statistics, national surveys, and social protection databases. It will integrate factors encompassing the gendered burden of disease and health conditions, sexual and reproductive health, as well as economic and social determinants of health. The index will inform the design of equitable benefit packages under Rwanda’s Community-Based Health Insurance system and guide gender-sensitive strategies to improve women's health and wellbeing.