Women Need Better Health Care

There is a recent report which stresses the fact that women around the world need better health care than they are currently receiving. The report shows that while women are more likely than men to seek out health services in general, they are less likely than men to get the medical help that they truly need as they age. Additionally, women may be dealing with social and cultural issues that prohibit them from getting adequate health care.

Of course this problem is greatest in developing nations and low-income areas where access to quality medical supplies and highly skilled medical professionals is limited. We aren't talking about areas of the world where it's hard to afford stair lifts or walkers. We're talking about places where women are still dying regularly during childbirth because there isn't adequate health care for them.

However, it is not only poor women in third world countries who are failing to get good health care. The problems cross all geographic and socio-cultural boundaries. Even in first world countries, women who have trouble achieving the same socio-economic status as men (meaning that they aren't earning the same income for the same work) may get less adequate health care than their male counterparts. The situation is improving over time but it's still one that needs our attention!