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Bridging the gap in women's health research, policy and innovation: Kearney

2025/5/22
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Paula Belostes-Meguerza: 我认为关注女性健康对企业和整体经济都有着积极的影响。然而，目前医疗研究对女性健康的关注严重不足，只有极少比例的研究和药物充分考虑了女性的特殊需求，尤其是在怀孕和哺乳期间。由于资金不足和临床试验中女性代表性不足，导致女性在不健康状态下生活的时间比男性长。解决这些问题不仅能为经济注入活力，更能促进社会公平。女性在家庭健康决策中扮演着关键角色，同时也是医疗保健行业的主力军，因此，改善女性健康至关重要。我们需要增加对女性健康研究的资金投入，改变对女性健康的固有偏见，并制定相关政策，从而真正实现对女性的关怀。

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Women live longer than men, but experience significantly more years of poor health. This disparity is due to several factors, including a lack of research funding, underrepresentation in clinical trials, and gender bias in healthcare. Bridging this gap has the potential to unlock significant economic benefits and improve women's overall well-being.
  • Only 7% of healthcare research focuses on conditions exclusively affecting women
  • Only 5% of available medications have been fully tested for pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Women live in poor health for 25% more of their lives compared to men
  • Bridging the women's health gap could add $1 trillion to the GDP in 15 years

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Women's health is under-researched and under-funded, leading women to live longer in poor health than men. However, tackling this gap can boost lifespans and GDP, a fact Paula Bellostas Muguerza understands well. This global head of healthcare and life sciences at consulting firm Kearney, discusses the role that policy and collaboration can play in creating incentives for real change, and driving awareness and education. She'll talk about [w]Health, a special platform she helped found that has grown into a community of 350 organizations sharing best practices to bridge gaps and what leaders can do to make change happen for their own organizations.  About this episode:  Kearney: [w]Health: Prescription for Change: Policy Recommendations for Women’s Health Research: Related podcasts:  How bridging design gaps in science and tech can tackle gender bias:  Tackling these surprising blindspots can bridge gender gaps in health, opportunity and more: