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

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

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/...

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

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

Female genital mutilation (FGM) can have life-threatening consequences and incur lifelong harms bit.ly/3WNPkYm

#EndFGM

✖️ Medically Unqualified Influencers: From Misinformation to Fake Cures ✖️

A recent example highlights how influencers are exploiting the lack of straightforward medical solutions for PCOS by posing as experts and selling fake cures.

As a community, we need to amplify evidence based information!

Initiatives that can improve quality of life ♥️

Kudos to Victorian Department of Families, Fairness & Housing, Australia.

#menstrualhealth #genderequality