Taking a Stand on Women ’s Health

In developing countries there are numerous road blocks that prevent women from getting quality healthcare or care at all. On Wednesday, a panel at MD&M East in New York, spoke about some of the challenges these women faced and how medtech companies were addressing these issues. Matthew De Jonge, Head of Product at Butterfly Network Inc; Matt Campisi, Co-Founder and CTO at UE Lifesciences; and Kevin White, Executive Director at Global Vision 2020 discussed innovations for this patient group. Marissa Fayer, president of Fayer Consulting, served as the moderator. Fayer is also CEO of HerHealthEQ, which is a global nonprofit focused on women’s health in developing countries linking medical devices to women who need them most. “Women around the world play a primary role in caregiving and often shouldering the burden of tending to their families and communities,” Fayer, said during the panel. “So as logic goes improving women’s lives should ultimately benefit the greater population. But yet women, especially those in the developing world, are really underserved when it comes to medical technology.” She noted that women make up 52% of the population and 85% of the population lives in the developing world. Yet most of the innovation created is developed for the other 15%. The panel described how they addressed issues with women in the developing world. DeJonge kicked off th...
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