Global Girls' Index: health gains for girls in 178 countries

The first Global Girls' Index, developed by Plan International Germany and the IFHV of Ruhr University Bochum, shows that girls' health improved between 2000 and 2023 in 178 of the 192 countries examined. Mortality among girls fell by more than half and the birth rate among girls aged 10 to 19 decreased by approximately one third. Yet 290 million girls...