2023-06-13 12:21:51
Worldwide, women have poorer health than men and less access to health services and medicines. Figures from the Dutch Emancipation Monitor show that the number of years of life in good health is lower for women than for men: 70.8 years compared to 73.5 years. Women also feel less healthy and experience physical and psychological problems more often than men.
Health Gap
In recent years, the so-called FemTech market for apps, devices and services that focus on women’s health and well-being has experienced rapid growth. In Health technology especially for women. FemTech and the health gap the Rathenau Institute is investigating whether and how health technology for women can reduce the differences in health between men and women.
“FemTech can make women more self-aware about their health and give them self-confidence when it comes to care,” says Rosanne Edelenbosch, coordinator at the Rathenau Institute. “But whether an app, product or service actually does that depends on the application, design, and fee.” Technology also does not remove the underlying causes of the health gap between men and women. “Women-specific research and policy are needed, for example to make up for the gap in knowledge about the female body.”
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