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How women contribute $3 trillion to global healthcare

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageWomen make up 90% of the world's nurses.EPA/Ahmed Jallanzo

The traditional focus on women’s health tends to emphasise only their healthcare needs. But women are important providers – as much as they are recipients – of healthcare in their homes and wider communities. This involvement is undervalued economically, politically and...

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