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Global women-only telemedicine initiative launched by the UAE

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

A telemedicine initiative aimed at providing free diagnosis, treatment, and preventive services for women around the world has been unveiled by a United Arab Emirates humanitarian organisation. The initiative is being supervised by Emirati volunteer doctors from the Young Emirati Volunteer Leaders Initiative.

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Women's health solutions company Wildflower launches maternity VBC initiative in New Jersey with collective of health systems

Fierce Healthcare

Women's health solutions company Wildflower launches maternity VBC initiative in New Jersey with collective of health systems agliadkovskaya Fri, 02/03/2023 - 14:54

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Why We Still Need a Day for Global Action to Decriminalize Abortion in Latin America

Bill of Health

By Alma Beltrán y Puga More than 30 years have passed since women gathered for the Fifth Feminist Latin American Meeting in Argentina and launched the September 28 th Campaign in favor of decriminalizing abortion in the region. It is very painful for women to continue with the pregnancy knowing there is no possibility for the baby to live.

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Native Reproductive Justice: Practices and Policies from Relinquishment to Family Preservation

Bill of Health

Nor can we ignore the historical context of the simultaneous deprivation and weaponization of reproductive health care, both of which deny Native women reproductive self-determination. . Today, the maternal mortality rate for Native women is 1.2 times the rate for non-Hispanic white women. The proposal is eerily familiar. .

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LunaJoy Health Secures $4.2M to Launch LunaCare & Address Disparities in Maternal Mental Health

HIT Consultant

S ipra Laddha, MD, Co-Founder & Shama Rathi, MD, Co-Founder at LunaJoy Health What You Should Know: – LunaJoy Health , a FemTech company dedicated to improving women’s mental health, has announced the launch of LunaCare, a novel integrated care program specifically focused on maternal mental health.

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Food is Medicine Approaches to Address Diet-Related Health Conditions

Bill of Health

This article will explore the development of Food is Medicine and its limitations, and briefly offer recommendations for successful Food is Medicine initiatives. Less intensive initiatives include medically tailored groceries and produce prescriptions for low-income individuals with less severe illness. in 2019, the NIH invested $1.9

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Butterfly Network Expands Maternal Health Initiative in Sub-Saharan Africa with “Siyakubona” Program

HIT Consultant

This initiative, titled “Siyakubona” (meaning “we see you” in Zulu), aims to improve access to critical prenatal care for women in South Africa. This initiative empowers healthcare workers to provide more informed diagnoses and deliver better quality care for mothers and their babies.