'Women’s health has just been ignored': Doctor calls for more research into women's health issues

'Women’s health has just been ignored': Doctor calls for more research into women's health issues

'We have made so many advances in women’s health, especially in R&D [research and development], so now not to have the funding available to scale them really bothers me.' Picture: Pexels

Women’s health has been ignored by researchers, and more studies are needed in wealthy and developing countries to tackle common problems, the Gates Foundation has found.

Dr Anita Zaidi, president of the foundation’s Gender Equality Division, has stressed the importance of new research findings to improve the health of women across the world. 

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