Meningioma Brain Tumor Network, Inc (MBTN) in partnership with Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands, represented by MBTN Collaborator Dr. Amir Najafabadi, MD, PhD and Wisconsin College of Medicine, coordinated by MBTN BODs Dr. Ekokobe Fonkem, DO, Neurologist/Neuro-Oncologist in conjunction with Lead Grant writer MBTN BODs Dr. Catherine
Martin-Dunlop has accepted the invitation to apply for the Action for Women's Health grant. The focus of this grant aligns with MBTN's mission and vision of improving the health-related quality of life outcomes (HRQoL) for women and women of color meningioma brain tumor survivors-thrivers.
In May 2024, Founder, Melinda French Gates, announced she was committing an additional $1 billion—to be spent over the next two years—to advance women’s power globally.
She says...
"As part of that commitment, we’re launching Action for Women’s Health, a $250 million global open call, managed by Lever for Change, that will fund organizations working to improve women’s mental and physical health. These grants will be funded by Pivotal Philanthropies Foundation."
Grant background:
For far too long, women’s health has been underfunded, overlooked, and misunderstood. There’s so much we don’t know about women’s mental and physical health, but the data we do have show that women are being neglected. Note: MBTN echos this sentiment!
Women spend 25 percent more of their lives in poor health compared to men, yet millions of women around the world can’t access the health care they need. Globally, we lose nearly 800 women every day to preventable pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications. More than 1 billion women and girls suffer from malnutrition, and more women than men are living with depression and anxiety.
These health inequities not only impact women’s daily lives, but they can also hurt women’s futures. Because when women are navigating health issues and can’t get quality care, it can become harder for them to pursue the opportunities they want and participate fully in society. The long-term impact this has—not only on women, but on their families, communities, and economies—cannot be ignored.
It’s clear we need to do a better job of addressing the barriers to women’s health.
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