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In a world where the pace of life accelerates by the day, a recent study shines a light on an issue that remains largely in the shadows: the global fertility rate's steep decline. From a bustling 4.84 children per woman in 1950 to a projected whisper of 1.59 by 2100, this dramatic shift heralds significant societal and demographic transformations. What's driving this unprecedented drop? A concoction of factors, from the empowerment and educational strides of women to the accessibility of contraception and the economic calculus of raising children. This isn't merely a statistic; it's a profound change in human behavior across nations and cultures, marking a preference for smaller families that we haven't witnessed before in human history. Amidst this backdrop, FemiSpace stands as a beacon of change and empowerment. Aligning perfectly with its mission, FemiSpace champions the cause of women's health and fertility, offering support, education, and advocacy to navigate these complex times. Understanding one's health and fertility is no longer optional but essential, and FemiSpace is at the forefront, providing the tools and knowledge for women to make informed decisions about their bodies and futures. The study, rooted in the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2021 and published in the Lancet, anticipates that nearly all countries will witness a declining population by the end of the century. The implications of this demographic shift are vast and varied. For high-income countries, aging populations and labor shortages loom large, suggesting a pivotal role for immigration and labor innovation, including artificial intelligence, to buoy economies. Conversely, low-income regions face the strain of maintaining resources and political stability with a burgeoning youth population, especially in areas like sub-Saharan Africa. FemiSpace recognizes these challenges and opportunities, advocating for a world where education and access to reproductive health services are universal. By focusing on empowering women with knowledge and choice, FemiSpace contributes to shaping a future where demographic shifts are met with resilience and innovation rather than fear and stagnation. As we stand at this crossroads, the message is clear: embracing education, empowerment, and advocacy can not only bridge the health gap for women but also prepare society for the demographic realities of the future. With FemiSpace leading the charge, we're reminded that in the face of change, our strength lies in our ability to adapt, support, and empower. #GlobalFertility #WomensHealth #Empowerment #Education #Advocacy #DemographicShift #FemiSpaceMission #HealthAndFertility #InformedDecisions #SustainablePolicies #FamilyPlanning #CareerGrowth #PopulationDecline #EconomicChallenges #LaborInnovation #ReproductiveRights #ContraceptionAccess #FemaleEducation #EmpoweringWomen #FemiSpace #ResilientFuture

🌍 URGENT APPEAL: Prioritize PCOS Awareness for a Healthier Tomorrow!🌈 Dear LinkedIn community, Let's unite to bring PCOS (Polycystic Ovary Syndrome) to the forefront of global health discussions! PCOS affects 1 in 10 women worldwide and 1 in 5 in India, yet it often lingers in the shadows, overlooked and misunderstood. It's time to change that narrative. 🚨 Why Prioritize PCOS? - Impact on Women's Lives: PCOS can lead to various health challenges affecting physical and mental well-being. - Reproductive Health: Affects fertility, highlighting the need for early detection and management in the reproductive age group. - Global Health Concern: With prevalence rising, addressing PCOS is crucial for the well-being of women worldwide. 💬 Question for Reflection: How will our world look in 20 years if we don't prioritize PCOS awareness and support for women aged 15 to 45? Let's envision a future where every woman receives the understanding, care, and resources needed to thrive. 🌐 Spread the Message! Share this post to amplify the call for action. Let's ignite conversations, break the silence, and ensure PCOS takes its rightful place on the priority list of global health concerns. Together, we can create a future where women are empowered, understood, and supported on their journey with PCOS. 💪💙 🔗 JOIN THE MISSION : PCOS FREE WORLD🔗 Ready to make a difference? Be part of the change by joining our Mission: PCOS FREE WORLD Global Networking group on Telegram! 🌐💬 👥 Connect with Like-Minded Advocates Engage in discussions, share insights, and collaborate with individuals passionate about raising awareness for PCOS. 🌍 Global Impact Together, let's amplify our efforts on a global scale, contributing to a world where PCOS is understood, prioritized, and women receive the support they deserve. 🔔 Stay Informed Receive updates, resources, and be at the forefront of the movement to create a future without the challenges of PCOS. 🌍💙 Join our PCOS Free World community if you're dedicated to making a positive impact and genuinely empathize with the challenges faced by PCOS women. Let's work together to bring meaningful change without commercial motives. 📲 How to Join: Click the link below to become part of the PCOS FREE WORLD community: [https://lnkd.in/deg6V-Pd] Let's build a network that empowers, educates, and advocates for a healthier world. Your voice matters! 💪💙 #PCOSFreeWorld #JoinTheMovement #PCOSAwareness #GlobalNetworking #healthadvocacy #GlobalHealth #WomensHealth #FutureWithoutPCOS #breakthesilence

As we prepare to observe World Fertility Day on 2nd November, aiming to normalize discourse around infertility treatments, it's crucial to shift social norms so that individuals, especially married women, have autonomy in child-bearing decisions. This nuance is crucial as research suggests that in pronatalist cultures, women immense pressure to have children and the availability of infertility treatments feels compelling - As Bharadwaj (2023)* wrote, "childless women bear the brunt of stigma, trauma and familial pressures that push them to turn to commercially operated fertility clinics in a bid to overcome childlessness along with guilt and shame associated with it." In this context, the Fertility Norms Scale**, developed by Nandita Bhan, Rebecka Lundgren and team at EMERGE GEH provides a robust measure of injunctive norms for fertility among married women in India. Find an in-depth analysis of the scale with a comparative analysis in the recently released 'Compendium of Scales and Tools for Measuring Norms'.  📖 https://lnkd.in/gWbVxDGz Interested in adapting it to your contexts? Reach out to us at southasialc@gmail.com *https://lnkd.in/gfVPNZjT **https://lnkd.in/gviAt6Ec Tags: PCI India, Centre for Social and Behaviour Change, Agency for All Project, Center on Gender Equity and Health at UC San Diego, EMERGE GEH, Anglophone West Africa Social Norms & Agency Learning Collaborative, Eastern Africa Agency, Social & Gender Norms Learning Collaborative, #WorldFertilityDay

https://lnkd.in/gY_iTbnu We look into the future to prepare for the future. There are many reports about how we are going to have not more, but less mouths to feed, educate and heal, in the coming decades. Authorities are worried and should be, about our decrease in production population to support an aging society. The reason of the decline as stated in this article "Dr. Gitau Mburu, a scientist in the World Health Organization’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research who wrote a comment that was published alongside the study, said in an email to CNN that economic factors such as the direct cost of raising children, the perceived risk of death to children and changing values on gender equality and self-fulfillment are all forces that may contribute to declining fertility rates. The relative contribution of these factors varies over time and by country, he added." It also stated "To maintain stable population numbers, countries need a total fertility rate of 2.1 children per woman, a number called the replacement level. When the fertility rate falls below the replacement level, populations begin to shrink." Putting it in perspective, the fertility rate of HK is around 0.7 https://lnkd.in/gqpbPUpD and for China 1.2 https://lnkd.in/gPJjKFdH according to World Bank. Way below this replacement level. Its almost a consensus that we are not giving enough space, resources and hope for people to give birth in all analyses. Also the more educated we are, the less likely we will "mass produce" That means the growth of population is an 'uneducated move' The "changing values and self-fulfillment' is one of the major reasons why people in more developed countries and cities decided not to give birth. But are we really more clever, or becoming a more advanced species, by doing so? We rely more on technology, knowledge and social media, which gives us a false impression that we are doing well just by ourselves. After quite a long journey, I concluded interacting with peers, elders and the next generation, helped me to become a whole person. If not, whether a person lived or perished, is meaningless. Nature reminded us all the time, we cannot survive alone. If we open our eyes and see how all species interact, or survived adverse climate changes. Even the lone apex predators, need the family to support and give them a good reason to live and thrive. When we re learn how we can benefit from those around us, especially those that depend on us, we have a hope as a species. P.S. This is the original report from IHME of this article https://lnkd.in/gcc_d3ky

In honor of International Women's Day , let's take a moment to reflect on the importance of women's health. The #HLWFAlliance reminds us that women's health is a cornerstone of global well-being. As we celebrate the progress made in women's health, it's important to recognize that there is still work to be done. I encourage each and every one of you to support and amplify the conversations and publications that are paving the way for advancements in women's health. By sharing and engaging with these resources, we can collectively foster a more informed and supportive environment for women's health issues. One publication that I highly recommend is "Humans in Conversation: Fertility as a Women’s Health Right" by Rashmi R. Rao. It's a vital read on recognizing fertility issues as a core part of women’s rights and health. Link in comments. Together, let's uplift and amplify these important voices and initiatives. Your engagement can truly make a difference in highlighting the significance of women's health rights and the innovative strides being made through femtech. Let's continue to empower and advocate for women's health together. #InternationalWomensDay #WomensHealth #Empowerment #femtech #HealthcareInnovation

New paper out led by Alyce Raybould, with Monika Mynarska “The future is unstable”: Exploring changing fertility intentions in the United Kingdom during the COVID-19 pandemic "While studies conducted at the beginning of the pandemic found that fertility intentions became more anti-natal, we found little overall change in fertility intentions in January 2021. Our findings of small pro-natal and anti-natal changes in fertility intentions align with emerging UK birth rate data for 2021, which show minimal change in the total fertility rate in response to the pandemic. Responses to the open-ended question (n = 103) listed health concerns, indirect costs of the pandemic, and changing work-life priorities as reasons for changing their intentions." https://lnkd.in/d7jwdMeX

🌐 Digital tools can help improve women’s health and promote gender equality, World Health Organization report shows. The report, entitled “The role of digital health technologies in women’s health, empowerment, and gender equality”, found that digital health tools are particularly useful in areas related to gynaecology, obstetrics, psychiatry, nutrition, and physical activity. These tools can help track symptoms and medication intake in real-time, improving self-management. In addition, mobile health apps and telemedicine services can also assist in managing anxiety and depression. 📶 Notably, digital technologies can be helpful at managing pregnancies. For example, a digital service in Norway was proven to be effective at providing information about pharmacological interventions suitable during pregnancy and breastfeeding. By offering emotional support during and after pregnancy, digital solutions can also serve as an important confidence boost. The study suggests that future guidelines should focus on how best to enrol women in research concerning the use of digital interventions on health-related outcomes while prioritising access, utilisation and barrier mitigation. 🛜 To address the barriers to women's access to and utilisation of digital health technologies, actions should be considered to: ↳ boost infrastructure, education and community-based service provision ↳ improve social awareness and enhance data collection and evidence generation ↳ enhance policy design and sustainable community outcome Find the report >> https://lnkd.in/gtPsfN_V #digitalhealth #womenshealth #womenempowerment #genderequality

A rapidly aging population combined with US births declining is a recipe for future challenges for sure. If you listen to Peter H. Diamandis, the world needs to worry about under population instead of over population in the long-term. As societies evolve and become more sophisticated they tend to have fewer children. With more education, comes more career opportunities and more homes with both parents working and: 1) having kids later in life (i.e leading to fertility challenges) and 2) more thoughtful family planning. With each kids comes very real costs and for parents to return to work post maternity or paternity leave. With longevity as a major point of focus and our increasing ability to address diseases like cancer and heart conditions, this imbalance will only be exacerbated over time. Technologies like #AI can be part of the solution set, helping to do the lifting of lower end skills, but we may have to fundamentally rethink our family structures as well. #BlueZones research also has found that tribal living with your elders (instead of pursuing senior care alternatives) can help drive longevity while also decompressing the parents (elder family members helping to take care of kids, etc... and easier to manage as closer proximity when issues arise). What solutions do you see to our pending societal population challenge and the resulting workforce (fewer members of the team supporting societal needs), financial (fewer people paying taxes and supporting programs like Medicare and Social Security) and the social implications? #letsdiscuss #population #technology #artificialintelligence #society #familyvalues #HealthcareOnLinkedIn Rasu Shrestha MD MBA Daniel Kraft, MD Jane Sarasohn-Kahn Sara Vaezy Kristi Henderson Sandeep Pulim M.D. Andy Mychkovsky Evan Kirstel B2B TechFluencer Irma Rastegayeva✨Influence Through Storytelling™️Ceci Connolly Helen Burstin Stacy Hurt 🌻 Jen Horonjeff - “Ask Patients” Shawna Butler, RN MBA Andrew Watson Logan Plaster Nicholas Adkins, MBA Austin Lee Chiang, MD MPH Jhaimy Fernandez, MD Grace Cordovano, PhD, BCPA Grace Vinton Joy Rios Colin Hung John Lynn Gil Bashe Haley Deming

Historically, women’s health has taken a back seat to men’s — leaving a persistent gender gap in data, research, and clinical trials. A wave of femtech innovators may finally bring balance. Among them is Elina Berglund Scherwitzl, co-founder and CEO of Natural Cycles, the world’s leading birth-control app. “We need more companies focusing solely on women’s health and women’s issues because that’s what is going to make up for the gender gap in the end,” she tells TNW. Berglund Scherwitzl is a Swedish particle physicist and entrepreneur. Notably, she was part of the team that won the Nobel Prize for the discovery of the Higgs Boson particle at CERN in 2013. In the same year, she co-founded Natural Cycles alongside her husband. TNW Conference 2024 – Group ticket offer Save up to 40% with our Group offer and join Europe’s leading tech festival in June! The move from physics to entrepreneurship wasn’t an easy decision, Berglund Scherwitz says. It all started when she was seeking an active, hormone-free contraceptive method for herself. She then realised that there was a “huge unmet need” for such a product worldwide. Elina Berglund Scherwitzl. Credit: Natural Cycles Natural Cycles is the only digital method of contraception cleared by both health product regulators in both the US and the EU and recognised as a medical device. The company’s solution essentially helps women track their fertility by measuring their body temperature — which fluctuates during the menstrual cycle and rises during ovulation. Natural Cycles’ algorithm (initially developed by Berglund Scherwitz herself) analyses the temperature data to confirm and predict ovulation. This way, users know when to use additional birth-control protection without needing to depend on hormone-based methods. Using the same process, users can also plan pregnancy. The power of data in women’s health “There’s definitely a gender gap when it comes to clinical studies and data in general,” Berglund Scherwitz says. Studies show that such gaps expand across the entire data value chain: from understanding women’s health needs and diagnosing to collecting information on a national level, and translating insights into global studies. As a result, women are not only underdiagnosed compared to men, but they also spend 25% more of their lives in debilitating health, according to the World Economic Forum. When it comes to reproductive health in particular, conditions such as endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and even menopause are severely under- or misdiagnosed. “Our users get to know their bodies and understand what’s going on inside. Securing sufficient data on female health is critical to restoring balance. “The woman’s body has been under-researched and out of focus for such a long time — and we need to catch up,” Berglund Scherwitz says. One way data can contribute is by measuring the effectiveness of treatments. In the

World Population Day draws attention to the critical issue of population control, particularly in emerging economies. The global population currently stands at 𝟖.𝟏 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, with projections reaching 𝟗.𝟖 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 by 𝟐𝟎𝟓𝟎 and 𝟏𝟏.𝟐 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 in 𝟐𝟏𝟎𝟎. This surge imposes substantial challenges, including strained resources, environmental degradation, and limited access to essential services. Intrauterine contraceptive devices (IUDs) play a pivotal role in addressing these challenges. Offering long-term, reversible contraception, IUDs provide a reliable method for family planning. Despite their efficacy, adoption rates remain low in many regions. 𝑆𝑡𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑒𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑑𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼𝑈𝐷𝑠, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜 𝟔𝟕 𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦, 𝑠𝑖𝑔𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑜𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑡ℎ𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠. Emerging economies face unique hurdles in population control; limited access to reproductive health services, socio-cultural barriers, and inadequate education contribute to high fertility rates. For example, the use of modern contraceptives among women who do not intend to have children is relatively low in sub-Saharan Africa. Addressing these disparities requires concerted efforts to enhance awareness, improve healthcare infrastructure, and promote the benefits of IUDs, in addition to other contraceptive methods. Accordingly, investing in family planning initiatives, particularly in underserved regions, is crucial. Ensuring widespread access to IUDs can empower individuals to make informed reproductive choices, ultimately contributing to sustainable development. On this World Population Day, reaffirming the commitment to population control measures and advocating for the widespread use of effective contraceptive methods is essential for a balanced and sustainable future. And on that note, make sure you check out our in-depth report summary on the 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚-𝐏𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 and request a FREE sample here: https://lnkd.in/daD8duAG . . . Allergan HLL LIFECARE LIMITED Pfizer Merck #worldpopulationday #contraceptive #iud #contraceptivedevices #healthcare #medicaldevices #populationcontrol #marketinsights #inkwoodresearch