First Lady Melania Trump advanced a landmark program to improve women’s health through a new executive order that strengthens research, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care for girls and women throughout every stage of life. “Previous generations fought for women’s rights. Our generation will fight to discover the cures that will ensure a woman can live her life in health and to the fullest,” The First Lady said from the White House.
The Executive Order establishes a White House Women’s Health Task Force and establishes a new Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health to accelerate scientific discoveries to improve women’s health outcomes. First Lady Melania Trump highlighted her “First Lady’s Five Pillars of Women’s Health Innovation:” Direct research funding towards finding cures that affect women in a unique way. Use super intelligence to enhance our insight of female biology and speed up medical discoveries. Accelerate the process of getting promising therapeutics from laboratories to female patients, while maintaining strict safety standards.
Ensure that medical breakthroughs are accessible and affordable to women, regardless of their financial circumstances. Replace generations of silence with open conversation, education, and compassion. The Executive Order on Advancing Women’s Health to Improve Outcomes in All Phases of Life also recognizes the importance of collaboration with the private sector in advancing new technologies and solutions for women’s health. Through these efforts, the Trump Administration will work to ensure American women have access to the highest-quality, scientifically supported medical information and care while advancing new treatments, therapies, and cures.
To learn more about the Executive Order, read the fact sheet released by the White House. First Lady Melania Trump’s full remarks, as prepared for delivery, are below. Five Pillars of Women’s Health Innovation Cabinet members, doctors, directors, administrators, and all in attendance today … thank you for…