Health Ministry comittee submits recommendations for womens' health system overhaul

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Israel's Health Ministry is considering sweeping reforms to women's healthcare as studies reveal years-long diagnostic delays, inadequate treatment, and widespread gaps in care.

A committee appointed by Health Ministry Director-General Moshe Bar Siman-Tov has submitted its recommendations for fundamentally shifting Israel's national approach to women's health, moving from isolated solutions towards a policy that addresses women's health throughout their lives, beyond pregnancy, childbirth, and gynecology, the Health Ministry announced on Thursday. The committee, chaired by Mali Kusha and supported by eight teams of experts, based its approach on medical and scientific research demonstrating how biological, gender-related, social, and cultural differences affect health, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and health outcomes.

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