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Olena Ivanova, MD, PhD
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Women's Health, SRHR & Global Health Researcher | FemTech Advisor & Founder | Health Access & Equity Advocate 🇺🇦

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Caroline de Moel-Mandel and team analysed 100 of the most-viewed TikTok videos.

Over half of the content creators explicitly rejected hormonal methods, and one-third expressed distrust toward health professionals.

www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

#womenshealth #contraception #misinformation
Concerns over TikTok birth control content - ABC listen
Sexual health experts say social media can amplify concerning and harmful misinformation about birth control.
www.abc.net.au
August 18, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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femtechinsider.bsky.social
Why Most Women’s Health Startups Fail to Scale (And How to Avoid That) femtechinsider.com/why-most-wom...
August 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Researchers redesign vaginal speculum to ease fear and pain
Researchers redesign vaginal speculum to ease fear and pain
It is cold, hard, metallic and commonly associated with pain. Not a mediaeval torture instrument, but the vaginal speculum used every day around the world for essential gynaecological exams.
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July 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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On #WorldPopulationDay, let’s be clear: We want reproductive agency for all people. Reproductive rights are human rights, no matter where you live.
White text on a violet background says, Reproductive agency for everyone, everywhere. #WorldPopulationDay
July 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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📉 Birth rates are falling yet governments aren't listening to what people need in order to create the families they want.

Let the @washingtonpost.com ‬explain some of the reasons why fewer people are having children: unf.pa/bbp

✍ @eduardoelreportero.bsky.social

#TheRealFertilityCrisis
Opinion | Why solving the baby bust is so difficult
No motherhood medal or baby bonus will fix what economic modernization (and closed borders) broke.
unf.pa
June 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
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unfpa.org
🌡️ Climate change

🌏 Environmental degradation

🔥 Wars and pandemics

People want to have children but for many, their fears are holding them back.

Learn about #TheRealFertilityCrisis from @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency: unf.pa/rfc
A card with brown and pink watercolour illustrations of large leaves and a man holding a child who rests its head on his shoulder. Black text reads “Nearly 1 in 5 adults had or would have fewer children due to fears about the future. Source: YouGov and UNFPA survey”. A black UNFPA logo is in the bottom right corner.
June 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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📣 Women are not responsible for declining fertility.

#TheRealFertilityCrisis is that people feel unable to create the families they want.

See what new research from @unfpa.org—the #UnitedNations sexual and reproductive health agency—reveals: unf.pa/rfc
A purple water colour card with bold white text which reads "Women need to have more children" but "children" is crossed out and replaced with the word "choice". A white UNFPA logo is in the bottom right corner.
July 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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united24media.com
Russian Drone Strike Hits Maternity Hospital and Civilian Infrastructure in Odesa
On June 9, a Russian drone attack hit Odesa, damaging a maternity hospital's admin area and other civilian sites; authorities are assessing potential casualties.
united24media.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
olenaiva.bsky.social
A recent scoping review shows that the use of various types of digital health technologies (DHTs) can improve women’s access to healthcare and lead to better health outcomes.

Article: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

#digitalhealth #womenshealth #femtech
May 22, 2025 at 10:24 PM
olenaiva.bsky.social
Clue and frendo surveys reveal alarming data about endometriosis diagnoses and symptoms:

- 74% of women had symptoms dismissed as "normal" by healthcare practitioners

- 50% experienced symptoms before age 17

Early diagnosis and awareness are crucial!

#EndometriosisAwarenessMonth #WomensHealth
March 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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A study, led by Lenka Vodstrcil and Catriona Bradshaw from Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, reveals that "reinfection from partners is causing a lot of the bacterial vaginosis (BV) recurrence women experience, and provides evidence that BV is in fact an STI".

www.nejm.org/doi/10.1056/...
March 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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In tough days like today, it's more important than ever to protect Ukraine's heroes.

Help raise $1.5M for armored evacuation vehicles. Every second counts.

Donate now 👇
Save the heroes. Fundraiser for armored evacuation vehicles
A life-defining fundraiser for 5 armored medevacs that are needed on the frontline right now.
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February 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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The Women’s Health Goldrush: Sales Over Science? https://buff.ly/4hKQWdX
February 25, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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united24media.com
During WWII, the Soviet Red Army committed widespread violence, including gender-based abuse.

Russia continues this tactic in Ukraine while denying atrocities and silencing critics.

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February 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
olenaiva.bsky.social
𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗴𝗶𝗿𝗹𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝘂𝗿𝘀𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲.

Today, February 11, is the International Day of Women and Girls in Science.

#womeninscience
February 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁’𝘀 $𝟱𝟳𝟯.𝟯 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻’𝘀 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵

It is encouraging to witness such announcements, especially during these challenging times of global political uncertainty and growing backlash against women's rights worldwide.

#womenshealth #SRHR #Australia
February 9, 2025 at 12:56 PM
olenaiva.bsky.social
Female genital mutilation (FGM) can have life-threatening consequences and incur lifelong harms bit.ly/3WNPkYm

#EndFGM
February 6, 2025 at 7:28 AM
olenaiva.bsky.social
UK study (N=55K) finds women with endometriosis had a decrease in monthly earnings after their diagnosis. They may be taking lower-paid jobs or working fewer hours. The probability of being a paid employee also decreased 2.7%.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Women with endometriosis earn less, research shows
Researchers suggest that following diagnosis, women may take lower-paid jobs or work fewer hours.
www.bbc.com
February 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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madhupai.bsky.social
I simply cannot wrap my mind around this

“gutting of USAID that two weeks ago, employed more than 10,000 people across the world”

www.devex.com/news/most-us...
Most USAID staff cut from agency, marking end of world’s largest donor
It’s the final gutting of an agency that two weeks ago, employed more than 10,000 people across the world.
www.devex.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:46 AM
olenaiva.bsky.social
It is a great honour to be included in this list of inspiring leaders and innovators shaping the present and future of women's health and Femtech ❤️

#femtech #womenshealth

www.womenofwearables.com/blogwrite/20...
200 Trailblazing Leaders in Women’s Health and FemTech — WOMEN OF WEARABLES
In 2024, women's health has seen significant strides through innovative technologies and policy initiatives.  On the policy front, the launch of the Women’s Health Research Initiative by...
www.womenofwearables.com
January 31, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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susanstover.bsky.social
“It’s important to study women to find out how to care for [51%] of the population. We are the majority of the population. So, although women are special, we are not a ‘special population.’”

#FemTech #genderdatagap #womenshealth

uofuhealth.utah.edu/notes/2025/0...
Why we know so little about women’s health
Before 1993, women were rarely included in clinical trials. Today, the medical field still doesn’t know how well many drugs and devices work for women.
uofuhealth.utah.edu
January 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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thefemalelead.bsky.social
Be bold, find a role model and take risks when you're young
Female leaders and CEOs on the one piece of advice they would give young women
Even in 2024, women are hugely underrepresented in senior positions in the business world.
community.thefemalelead.com
January 25, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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susanstover.bsky.social
Count women.

Study women.

Care for women.

Include all women.

Invest in women.

#FemTech #womenshealth #genderdatagap

www.weforum.org/publications...
Blueprint to Close the Women’s Health Gap
Learn how closing the women’s health gap can transform lives and economies. Explore key insights and solutions in this report by WEF and McKinsey Health Institute
www.weforum.org
January 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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My piece on that front from last month (gift link):
January 20, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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madhupai.bsky.social
“Misinformation and disinformation can no longer be viewed simply as an academic nuisance, but rather they are a societal threat”

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 PM