Miriam Mutebi, Breast Surgical Oncologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery at the Aga Khan University Hospital, shared a post on LinkedIn:
“Day 2 of the World Health Summit (WHS) Regional Meeting at UNON brought a conversation I’ve been wanting to have at this level for a long time.
I had the privilege of giving the keynote at our session on ‘Reimagining and Re-examining Women’s Health’, and the message I urged the audience to sit with was this:
Womens health is not a series of crisis moments. It is a continuum of care.
We too often design health systems around the points where women interact with us in emergency: a diagnosis, a complication, a delivery. But women’s health begins long before those moments and extends long after them.
If we only show up for the crises, we are already too late.
What followed was one of the most energising roundtable discussions I’ve been part of in a long time. Participants leaned in. They pushed back. They shared what’s working and what isn’t.
The panel brought incredible insights on the different dimensions of care, and by the end of the day, the room had moved from diagnosis of the problem to genuine conversation about opportunity.
To everyone who attended and contributed, thank you. The discussion was vibrant, honest, and exactly the kind of exchange that makes these gatherings worth having.
This is the work.
PS: Also managed to grab a few pictures with some of our wonderful medical student volunteers. The next generation showing up.. always the best part.”
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