Just 6% of private #healthcare funding goes towards women’s health, and across multiple diseases affecting both sexes, only 3% of studies look at how those diseases affect women. As a result, women are diagnosed late for more than 700 conditions - and spend 25% more of their lives in poorer health than men, a study by the World Economic Forum and @mckinseyco found. These statistics are shocking - but they’re not set in stone, says @paulabellostas, Healthcare Global Lead at @kearneyofficial and a co-author of a new World Economic Forum paper on women’s #health innovation. She says that closing the women’s health gap means bringing gender into research right from the outset - and women advocating for themselves as patients. The Women’s Health Innovation Radar, produced in collaboration with the Kearney Health Institute, @gatesfoundation, Wellcome Leap and the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health, maps the biggest advances - and remaining gaps - across the full science-to-patient journey. Tap the link in our bio to read it.
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