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❗ This recent World Economic Forum article analyzes the 6 conditions that highlight the women´s health gap. ❓ How many of us DO realize that there is actually a gap and what can we do about it? ✔ For instance, the women’s health gap equates to 75 million years of life lost due to poor health or early death each year. Closing the gap would give the 3.9 billion women in the world today an extra seven healthy days a year, or an average of 500 days over a lifetime. ✔ Recent studies found that women were more likely than men to experience low back pain, depressive disorders, and headache disorders, while men had higher DALY (disability-adjusted Life Years) rates for mortality-driven conditions: COVID-19, road injuries, and ischaemic heart disease. Personalization is the KEY if we wish to close the gap and help women (and men) improve the quality of their lives while improving their longevity. Read the complete article 👇 https://lnkd.in/de_W3yZr 👉 Contact us if you want to do something about it: info@dnanutricoach.com

This article from the World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute address woman’s health gap. Heart attacks, endometriosis, autism, and autoimmune diseases are four underdiagnosed conditions in women that highlight the issue of systemic underdiagnosis and treatment disparities. Addressing this gap could add millions of healthy years to women's lives and provide a significant economic boost. #women #health https://lnkd.in/eC6Wgtah

If the moral imperative of addressing women's and girls' health needs and closing the health gap is not enough to spur action, maybe the economic argument will hold sway? We have known for decades that 1. women and girls have a higher burden of ill-health despite the fact that they live longer than men; 2. women and girls are disproportionately affected by some health problems or experience different symptoms, reactions to treatment, and outcomes to health problems that affect both women and men; and 3. experience sex-specific health issues that are under-studied and under-invested in, not only related to pregnancy and childbirth, but across the life course. We have also known that women and girls face sex and gender-specific barriers to health, that impact their ability to access care and the quality of care that they do receive, often resulting in worse health outcomes. Yet despite it all, there continues to be resistance to collecting sex and gender-disaggregated data and researching and investing in specific interventions to address sex and gender-specific health problems and differences, and related barriers to care, such as a lack of decision-making power and bodily autonomy. This resistance extends to major global health organizations, where addressing women's and girls' health and gender-related health inequalities is often viewed by decision-makers as a "nice-to-have" rather than an essential component of effective health programs. Some of it is political, driven by a fear of upsetting regressive governments or religious actors who benefit from women's and girls' lack of agency and bodily autonomy. Some of it stems from women's continued lack of leadership in health. But regardless the cause, we know what we need to do. What will it take to actually close the gap?

As a member of the World Economic Forum's Global Alliance for Women's Health we are committed to closing the women’s health gap, which could boost the global economy by $1 trillion annually.    Women’s health issues have historically been under-researched, underfunded and undervalued – follow the link for insights from eight global leaders on how we can address some of the most neglected aspects of women’s health: https://lnkd.in/dR4KsagP     #ProjectFamily #WomensHealth #CloseTheWomensHealthGap 

Cause for optimism that momentum is building to close the women's health gap? This week's Women's Health Summit highlighted efforts to improve care for menstrual and gynaecological conditions. Hologic shared Year 3 global data from the Global Women's Health Index, and the World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute released a report on the root causes of the health gap. Let's keep it going! The https://lnkd.in/dt7WG4FJ. #WomensHealth #HealthGap #GlobalHealthSummit #DataDrivenChange

Dr. Lucy Pérez (former cancer researcher and McKinsey Health Institute senior partner) was interviewed on NPR Marketplace this morning about a recently released McKinsey report illustrating the significant health gap for women relative to men as measured in disability-adjusted life years (DALYS). The health improvement potential (i.e. addressing the 25% more time women spend in "poor health" relative to men) was translated to economic potential, as measured by potential contribution to gross domestic product (GDP), and was estimated to be about $1 trillion annually by 2040. https://lnkd.in/g7kGiiaa As Dr. Pérez noted in the NPR interview: "Women’s health across the world is under-researched and underfunded. On average, a woman will spend nine years in poor health, affecting her ability to work and perform in the economy, as well as her overall quality of life." The McKinsey report describes the challenges and opportunities to improve the both health and the economic wellbeing of women. I hope that researchers, funders, healthcare providers, healthcare payers, and policy makers take notice and action. https://lnkd.in/geaaFjkM

Closing gaps in health outcomes often involves collecting data that allows us to better understand why individuals are not receiving the diagnosis and, subsequently, the treatment they need. Here are five examples of how this data gap influences women's health: https://lnkd.in/g8rMX-Ws

On average, women live 27,083 days, while men live 25,477 days. This means women tend to live 1,606 more days than men do. But they spend 25% more time in poor health than men do. This is due to 3 root causes: disparities in efficacy, data, and care delivery. Adding years to life and life to years can improve health and create waves that extend to families, communities, and nations while equating to an additional $1 trillion in potential economic growth. This comprehensive report explores the latest data on the impact of women’s health issues around the world, country by country... Enjoy! #womenshealth #equity #data #caredelivery #health #healthcare #economicgrowth # https://lnkd.in/e3W-37XX

Investing specifically in women’s health research presents a higher return on investment compared to general research... increased funding for certain health issues has the potential to save nearly 20,000 life years, prevent 40,000 disease years... [and] mitigate... a yearly $1.8 billion loss in the U.S. stemming from reduced productivity and burnout.

Women's Health issues have less research funding, leading to less of an understanding and less access to innovative solutions to Major Women's Health issues such as Endometriosis and Menopause. It is time to make a change. The World Economic Forum(WEF) during its meeting in Davos  announced it was launching the Global Alliance for Women's Health, with $55 million pledged for women's health. This is fantastic for Women's Health! Women spend 25% more of their lives suffering from medical issues compared to Men. This is a staggering statistic. Closing this gap between women and men would be best for the Global Economy as Women made up 48% percent of the workforce in 2022, Diagnosing and treating Women's Health issues will help get women back into the workforce, help them optimally function, succeed in their career, and contribute to the Global economy. At PRM, I am proud to say our data shows we are doing just that. We are keeping our Endometriosis and Pelvic Pain patients going to work and being productive at work! Prior to undergoing the PRM protocol 11% of our patients stated they missed 10+ days of work in the past month due to their pelvic pain, after the PRM protocol treatment 1% of patient stated they missed 10+ Days or work in the past month due to their pelvic pain. A huge win in improving Quality of life for our patients and the global economy. https://lnkd.in/epq_pZSW