Search Tag: Hologic Global Women’s Health Index

2024 16 Jan

Foreword For too long, there has been a one-size fits all approach to women’s healthcare, which does not consider the individual nature of women’s physiological, emotional, socio-economic and practical needs.   This has been exacerbated by too few female voices involved in forming policy and health related decision making at the highest...Read more

2023 30 Aug

The invitation proved too momentous to pass up.   It arrived as I reached my third decade in academic medicine, including years of serving as Director of Breast Imaging for Johns Hopkins Medicine. During this entire time, it was a privilege to help thousands of women – and their families – navigate their journeys against breast cancer.  ...Read more

2022 21 Sep

Hologic Global Women’s Health Index finds widespread barriers to preventive care and a growing gap in women’s well-being between high- and low-income countries More than 1.5 billion women worldwide lack screenings for cancer, heart disease, diabetes or sexually transmitted diseases/infections – even though these conditions together affect...Read more