AI technology improved detection of heart disease during and after pregnancy
Electrocardiogram (EKG) based screening using an artificial intelligence-enabled digital stethoscope may detect peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Tobacco Products Violate the Human Rights of Women and Girls in France
53 Organizations call on The UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to make recommendations for France to protect the right to health of women and girls. PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 16, 2023 – Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Comité National contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) and Alliance Contre le […]
Accelerating digital innovations for women’s reproductive health
The recent UN General Assembly, innovators, funders, and policymakers deliberated on ways to harness digital solutions to advance health equity.
Reflections from Women Deliver: championing gendered approaches to addressing non-communicable diseases
At Women Deliver 2023, The George Institute for Global Health and World Health Organization launched a global call-to-action to share evidence, best practice and learning around the gendered barriers to access for non-communicable disease (NCD) prevention, early diagnosis, treatment, and care.
Reflections from An Advocate of the Women Deliver 2023 Conference
The Women Deliver 2023 Conference held recently in Kigali, Rwanda drew over 6,000 attendees and made for one of the most impressive gatherings
The #HealthToo policy report is out: Her Story: Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment of Women Health Workers
Her Story: Ending Sexual Violence and Harassment (#SEAH) of Health Workers. Women in Global Health has just launched a new report #HealthToo, it exposes the abuse and harassment experienced by significant numbers of women health workers
Time to Bring the Full Picture on Women’s Health into Focus
In that context, it’s important to examine how gender inequality continues to pose a barrier to UHC for women and girls – particularly for prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases which have not traditionally been part of the standard package of womens’ and girls’ health services.
Fewer than Half of Employed Women Say Their Employer Offers a Paid Parental Leave or Family and Medical Leave Benefit
A new KFF analysis finds that fewer than half of employed women ages 18-64 say their employer offers a paid parental leave benefit.
Taskforce Members, Arogya World and The NCDI Poverty Network, WIN the 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award.
We are delighted to share that our partners, Arogya World and The NCDI Poverty Network, are the recipients of the prestigious 2022 UN Interagency Task Force and the WHO Special Programme on Primary Health Care Award. Arogya World received the award for their excellent work in scaling up community-based delivery models to strengthen the […]
The George Institute for Global Health, India appointed Secretariat of the Taskforce on Women and NCDs
The George Institute for Global Health, India is delighted to announce that it has been appointed Secretariat of the Taskforce on Women and Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs).