Women spend 25 per cent more time in poor health than men; yet women’s heath is under funded, under represented and under estimated- the founder/CEO, Healthtracka, Ifeoluwa Dare-Johnson lamented.
While both men and women contract various conditions, some health issues affect women differently and more commonly, as they bear exclusive health concerns, such as sexual and reproductive health, fibriods, endometriosis, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) and menopause, among others.
Dare-Johnson, at the Banking on Women’s Health Conference, organised by Healthtracka, in Lagos, said, most of these conditions are under-diagnosed with women suffering in silence, and not much have been done to find medical solutions to tackle them.
Explaining further, the CEO said, “From the ages of 10, young girls have to deal with menstrual-related challenges. When they progress to teenagers, they have to deal with their sexual health which includes contraception, and in their 20s – early screening for cervical cancer, fibriods, endometriosis, PCOS etc. When they are in their 30s, they start thinking maternal health, childbirth, breast cancer, ovarian cancer and if not married, they will start thinking about freezing their eggs and when they get to their 40s and 50s, they start preparing for menopause, also other chronic diseases.
