Nurturance, humility, empathy are a few of many virtuous qualities that a woman embraces. Women’s health is a paradigm of our society and communities' overall health. And health is not merely the absence of disease or infirmity but a state of optimal physical, mental and social well-being. The health of families and communities are no doubt, tied to the health of woman. Driving shift in women's wellness, safety, and education Prince Aly Khan Hospital (PAKH) within the framework of Aga Khan Foundation; strives to enhance the lives of women across the world through transcendent research on women welfare. The PAKH comprehends the fact that gender retains a crucial role when it comes to addressing health challenges in consequence of both biological and gender-related differences. Aligned with Prince Aly Khan Hospital’s values, goals, and ethics; the field of women’s health cuts across our entire body of research, speciality services and touches the lives of the masses. While in general, the life expectancy of women is higher than men in most nations, a number of health and social factors combine to make a lower quality of life for women. Unequal access to information, care, and basic health practices further widen the health jeopardies for females. To eliminate this gap at the local and global stage, our goals involve engaging the finest healthcare providers in the care of women and girls amidst under-served communities focusing on gender-equal health. Taking a long-range approach to health that addresses chronic health issues, PAKH’s and state-of-the-art research centre shape a progressive and transformative blueprint for advancing gender equality, health quality, and empowerment of women and girls at a larger level. Gender equality and women's empowerment is one of the fundamental human rights and it is essential to attain comprehensive development objectives of the society, including health. From the front lines to the top rung, today 66% of Aga Khan University's students are women whilst recording the numerous firsts in the course of educating women in healthcare.
Training thousands of nurses, midwives, and doctors Aga Khan Development Network is continually setting benchmarks to ameliorate access to care and effective treatment, and innovative strategies to prevent conditions and health crises before they become formidable.
When people talk about 'women's health' they often think about women's reproductive health, menstruation, and the hormones involved in these processes. When in reality, women’s health is rooted much deeper than that which mushrooms from the socio-economic scenario and only taking the right actions in the right way can strengthen the status of women in society and the culture that brews within this system.
Cancer and diabetes remain most common concern in women worldwide. Prince Aly Khan Hospital aggressively brings contemporary ways and technologies in education, rehabilitation and precise counselling to help women in preventing, managing and eradicating these chronic diseases. PAKH has three women's hospitals dedicated entirely to cater women's health issues whilst facilitating women with comprehensive rural medical and maternal-care centres; from pre-conception to delivery to neonatal care.
Today, we shall collectively fight pervasive threats to girls' and women's health and hygiene that could propel their empowerment as they represent the cornerstone of communities' exhaustive soundness. In point of fact, when women thrive, humanity thrives. Hence, to set women of today and tomorrow on the path of wellness, together with their physical health psychological well-being is of paramount significance.
As the world marks 47th International Women's Day on 8th March 2022; eradicating ignorance, taboos, and illiteracy around women's pivotal health concerns such as malnutrition, hygiene, lack of maternal health, diseases like AIDS, breast cancer, domestic violence is the allied duty of each individual living in a cultured society.
Breaking the barriers of women's health education and access to healthcare solutions that help females to pave the path for a healthier future is the foundation of building a nourishing world in the decades to come. Our team at PAKH work towards expatiating the same by implementing accurate measures to increase awareness of women’s unique health requirements.
Let's cherish all the splendid traits that women comprise to nurture & nourish for flourishing families and communities by concocting the right conditions – with the right political will and collective actions. To all the strong yet tender women out there, Prince Ali Khan Hospital extends heartfelt gratitude and best wishes on this International Women's Day.
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