A $1 Trillion Opportunity, Lost in a Sea of Neglect The World Economic Forum's Women's Health Innovation Radar has exposed a stark truth: despite accounting for half of global health expenditures, women's health remains woefully underfunded.
Only 20% of research and development funding is devoted to addressing conditions that disproportionately affect women. This disparity is not merely a matter of equity; it's also an economic imperative.
Investing in women's health could yield an estimated $1 trillion boost to global GDP by 2040, as well as 75 million additional disability adjusted life years annually.