Women Are the Backbone of Healthcare with Few Rewards for $3tn Contribution

June 8, 2015

(The Guardian) – Women contribute around $3tn to global healthcare but nearly half of it is unpaid and unrecognised, according to a new study. The report, published in the Lancet, found that women’s involvement in healthcare is undervalued economically, socially, politically and culturally. Researchers attempted to estimate the financial value of women’s contribution to health systems in 2010 by analysing data from 32 countries, accounting for 52% of the world’s population.