Healthcare Perspectives Women’s health: Closing the gender health gap
With significant disparities in diagnosis, treatment, and funding when compared to men, women’s health has long been underserved. These gaps affect not only individual health outcomes, they also have societal and economic implications which are highlighted by a recent report by the World Economic Forum and The McKinsey Health Institute which addresses a $1 trillion dollar opportunity to improve lives and economies by mitigating these disparities.
Factors like societal perception, clinical practice, and financial investment all play an important part in women’s health. Addressing the gender health gap and overcoming issues like the misdiagnosis of diseases in women, increasing women’s representation in clinical trials, and advocating for greater financial investment in women’s health are all crucial steps in building a more equal healthcare system for all.
Today, we’re joined by board members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health to discuss how building a more equitable healthcare system can drive meaningful change, improve healthcare for women, and create access to significant economic potential worldwide.
In this episode, host Elisabeth Staudinger, Member of the Managing Board of Siemens Healthineers, is joined by fellow World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health board members Nadia Fettah, Minister of Economy and Finance for the Government of Morocco and Shyam Bishen, Head of the Centre for Health & Healthcare at the World Economic Forum.
What you’ll learn in this episode:
- Despite living longer, women spend 25% more time in poor health than men
- Women are twice as likely to be misdiagnosed after having a heart attack than men. Along with misdiagnosis and premature discharge, female cardiac patients are also less likely to be prescribed secondary prevention measures after experiencing a cardiac event
- How the Global Alliance for Women's Health is pooling together efforts in research, regulation and funding to close the gender healthcare gap
- Success stories that give hope on the path to healthcare equality
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