Promoting women's health in a complex world

摘要

Is the world improving? Many would reply with a "no" and point to wars, violence, crime, greed, financial disasters, trafficking, exploitation, the downside of globalization, overpopulation, food shortages, the real or threatening environmental changes. The North pole ice diminishing. Many of those adversities are not new, but have been part of the only species that kills its own members, Homo sapiens (is it "sapiens"?), throughout history. Others might see the positive sides of technology, medical advances, global helpfulness through international organizations, education and the benefits of technology to enhance understanding among people's of the world. We can from the specialty of obstetrics and gynecol-ogy point to falling maternal and neonatal/infant mortality in most parts of the world, better access to population control in some continents, efforts towards using health resources in a rational way.