Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Stop Misunderstanding the Gender Health Gap

Wired  

In many areas of health, women receive worse care, and suffer worse outcomes, than men. One small positive is that this gender health gap is finally getting the attention it deserves. It’s very common for people to make very bold assertions about men’s and women’s bodies being completely different, and needing a completely different system of health care, needing different regimes of research, when in fact, sex only really matters in certain contexts when it comes to health. Very often what we’re seeing in terms of gender health gaps are failures to do with sexism, and misdiagnosis because of assumptions based on history and myths in health research. Where we’re at now, there’s public awareness and academic awareness about gender health gaps.

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How to Close the Gender Health Gap
54 years, 11 months ago

How to Close the Gender Health Gap

Wired  

If you’re a man, you are more likely to suffer a health condition that kills you. A recent report from the McKinsey Health Institute describes the gender health gap as a “$1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies,” such is the scale of imbalance against women’s health care worldwide. Nearly two years on from the publication of the UK’s …

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide
8 months, 1 week ago

UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in sexual and reproductive health worldwide

Associated Press  

GENEVA — A new study says an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America, the U.N. population fund reported Wednesday as it decried widening inequality in sexual and reproductive health and rights worldwide. AP AUDIO: UN report points to yawning gap of inequality in …

What we really need: A feminist health policy
9 months, 1 week ago

What we really need: A feminist health policy

The Hindu  

The International Day for Women is not something we ignore at the health desk. Quoting the recently- released World Economic Forum’s report, ‘Closing the Women’s Health Gap’, she underscores the profound disparity between men’s and women’s health worldwide. Selvavinayagam, Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, at least 50% of women covered under the ‘First 1,000 Days of Life’ initiative, …

Bridging the gender gap in health research
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Bridging the gender gap in health research

The Hindu  

As of 2023, there were 4 billion women in the world, accounting for approximately 49.75% of the population. On this International Women’s Day, we must scrutinise the path towards gender parity, especially within healthcare. The recently released World Economic Forum’s report, ‘Closing the Women’s Health Gap’, underscored the profound disparity between men’s and women’s health worldwide. It elucidated historical neglect …

It’s 2022 – why has it taken England so long to prioritise women’s health?
2 years, 4 months ago

It’s 2022 – why has it taken England so long to prioritise women’s health?

The Independent  

Most government consultations attract a few thousand responses at best. But when the Department of Health recently called for a public response to a strategy on women’s health, it received over a hundred thousand responses. Despite making up 51 per cent of the population, living longer than men, and experiencing more years of disability, there is still a lack of …

Missing Females: COVID-19 Underreporting among Women Exposes a Persistent and Global Problem
2 years, 9 months ago

Missing Females: COVID-19 Underreporting among Women Exposes a Persistent and Global Problem

News 18  

In the healthcare sector, relevant and accurate data has become everything. It is now that the world should turn towards addressing and filling in the data gap; otherwise, we would fail to produce better outcomes for women’s health. A recent study by Yeva Aleksanyan and Jason P. Weinman titled, “Women, Men and COVID-19” investigates the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic …

International Women’s Day: Expert panel to discuss gender health gap
2 years, 9 months ago

International Women’s Day: Expert panel to discuss gender health gap

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy It’s no secret that there’s a gender health gap between men and …

One in three women has had health concerns dismissed. Experts say it's evidence of a gender gap in medicine
3 years, 6 months ago

One in three women has had health concerns dismissed. Experts say it's evidence of a gender gap in medicine

ABC  

Ebony Tallentyre was 16 when she went to the doctor for exhaustion, muscle pain and irregular periods. Key points: Women are twice as likely as men to say they have had health concerns dismissed by a GP Experts say it is evidence of a gender gap in medicine and that women's health is not as well researched as men's health …

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