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Women’s health no better than at pandemic height: Survey (thehill.com)

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Women’s health around the world is “no better” than it was at the height of the pandemic, according to a recently released survey.

“Across key health measures, women are no better off today than they were in the first year of the survey, which was conducted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic,” the 2024 Hologic Global Women’s Health Index report states.

“In some cases, their health is worse. Billions of women have physical or emotional health issues, aren’t getting tested for deadly diseases, or are struggling to afford food,” it added.

The study found that in 2022, measures of health like reporting physical pain and negative emotions were no better than in previous years. More women reported experiencing anger for “a lot of” the previous day in 2022, at 25 percent, compared to 23 percent who said the same two years earlier.

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[–] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

no better off today than they were in the first year of the survey

So we don't actually know if that was worse than before the pandemic?

[–] paddirn@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I'm not trying to take away from this or make the "all lives matter" argument, but has it really gotten better for anyone? There was like an increased awareness among businesses that "health" exists during the pandemic and that people get sick and they need time away from work to recover. And then that started getting rolled back and we're right back to where we were before where nobody gives a shit and you have no excuses, get back to work. Outside of whatever meager things were done during the pandemic, it's not like there was any extra resources or initiatives dedicated to improving anyone's health.

During the pandemic, it did feel like things were going to change for the better and there was going to be increased empathy towards people and healthcare was going to become an actual priority, but that just sort of melted away and we're back to being on our own.