PRIORITIZING SOLUTIONS FOR WOMEN’S HEALTH: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order, led by First Lady Melania Trump, to strengthen research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women and girls throughout every stage of life. The Order establishes the White House Women’s Health Task Force to ensure the Federal Government pursues a comprehensive approach to women’s health that recognizes evolving health needs from infancy, childhood, and adolescence through pregnancy, midlife, menopause, and aging, and supports necessary policy and regulatory reforms to ensure timely and stage-specific prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for women.
The Order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Director of the National Institutes of Health to establish a Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health to strengthen the Federal Government’s ability to coordinate research, address gaps in scientific understanding, and accelerate the translation of discoveries into better health outcomes. The Order rescinds the initiatives of the prior Administration in order to broaden beyond research and prioritize translating research into improved clinical care that benefits women and girls.
ENSURING AMERICAN WOMEN RECEIVE THE BEST SCIENTIFICALLY-SUPPORTED MEDICAL ADVICE IN THE WORLD: President Trump is prioritizing the health and longevity of America’s women and girls and putting research into action. American women deserve answers, and this Administration is committed to improving women’s health outcomes. While previous administrations have invested in women’s health research, the Trump Administration is enhancing, streamlining, and elevating Federal efforts regarding both research and its translation into health solutions.
Despite considerable advances in biomedical science, many diseases and conditions that disproportionately or uniquely affect women have not received the level of research, clinical attention, and treatment that other diseases and conditions have received. More research is needed in critical aspects of women’s health, including cardiovascular and heart disease, cancer, stroke,…