Treat me like a lady (“Behandel me als een Dame”)

By Women Inc.

About

Treat me like a lady is an Dutch awareness campaign to make healthcare professionals aware of the difference between men and women’s bodies when it comes to symptoms, diagnostics and treatment.

Impact

The campaign will help ensure that the differences between men and women in health are recognised and that these are included in research, prevention, diagnosis and treatment. This improves the quality of healthcare, the quality of life of women especially, and reduces unnecessary healthcare costs.

Main deliverables

Awareness of sex and gender differences among health care professionals

Why necessary in society?

In the doctor’s office, female-specific diseases or symptoms to diseases are often easily overlooked due to the male bias in diagnostics and treatment and prevents women from getting effective healthcare. To know more about Treat like a Lady, please visit https://www.behandelmealseendame.nl/

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