For women around the globe, the second year of the Covid-19 pandemic brought more health challenges than the first.
In 2020, the medical technology company Hologic launched a global survey in partnership with Gallup to assess how well women’s health needs were being met. Countries were scored based on women’s responses to questions in five categories: general health, preventative care, mental health, safety and basic needs like food and shelter. The overall score for the Global Women’s Health Index in 2021 was just 53 out of 100, one point lower than in 2020.
” Maternal health needs attention Despite some improvement, the US remains a poor outlier in overall women’s health – in part because of maternal health, an area that experts agree deserves more attention worldwide. Opinions of health and safety among women in the US dropped in 2021 Global Women’s Health Index, as did measures of individual health, including pain and general health problems.
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