If we invested $325m in women's health, we could be generating... #womenshealth #shorts

Name: If we invested $325m in women's health, we could be generating... #womenshealth #shorts
Uploaded: 2023-05-24T16:30:04+00:00
Duration: 36 s
Channel: Claudia von Boeselager
Description: In this YouTube short, the speaker highlights the massive economic upside of directing research funding toward women's health. Citing the nonprofit Wham…

24 May 2023 · 1 min

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In this YouTube short, the speaker highlights the massive economic upside of directing research funding toward women's health. Citing the nonprofit Wham Report, they explain that an investment of $325 million in women's health research could generate an economic benefit of roughly $13–14 billion. The speaker frames this by noting that women constitute half the population, underscoring the broad societal impact of such investment.

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when you think about the fact that we're talking about half the population. And when you think about the implications for what this kind of research can do, there's a beautiful organization who put out an amazing report. It's called the Wham Report. They're nonprofit. And they just ask a simple question, which is, if we put research funding into women's health, what is the economic benefit? And it was incredible. It was something like, if you put in $325 million of funding into research on women's health, if you put in $325 million, The economic benefit is something like $14 billion, $13 or $14 billion. It's an enormous benefit.