Book review – Unveiling the exploitation of women’s health

by admin | Sep 14, 2024 | Publications

Shirin Heidari The Lancet, September 14, 2024 Despite the growing rhetoric around women’s health, the increasing recognition of gender bias in health research and data, and the seeming rallying behind gender equality, why does progress towards gender equality...

A gender – responsive Pandemic Accord is needed for a healthier, equitable future

by admin | Oct 3, 2023 | Publications

Shirin Heidari, Els Torreele, Ahmet Metin Gülmezoglu, Sharifah Sekalala, Naomi Burke-Shyne, Gabrielle Landry Chappuis October 03, 2023 From HIV and influenza, to Zika virus, Ebola virus disease, and most recently COVID-19, the gender implications of disease outbreaks...

A Lancet comission report: Women, power and cancer

by Gendro | Sep 27, 2023 | Publications

Ophira Ginsburg, Verna Vanderpuye, Ann Marie Beddoe, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Freddie Bray, Carlo Caduff, Narjust Florez, Ibtihal Fadhil, Nazik Hammad, Shirin Heidari, Ishu Kataria, Somesh Kumar, Erica Liebermann, Jenna Moodley, Miriam Mutebi, Deborah Mukherji, Rachel...

Sex-disaggregated analysis of the injury patterns, outcome data and trapped status of major trauma pattents injured in motor vehicles collisions: a prespecified analysis of the UK trauma registry (TARN)

by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Publications

Tim Nutbeam, Lauren Weekes, Shirin Heidari, Rob Fenwick, Omar Bouamra, Jason Smith, Willem Stassen BMJ Open – April 6, 2022 Objectives. To identify the differences between women and men in the probability of entrapment, frequency of injury and outcomes following a...

Resolving sex and gender bias in COVID-19 vaccines R&D and beyond

by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Publications

Lavanya Vijayasingham, Shirin Heidari, Jean Munro, Saad Omer, Noni MacDonald Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics – January 25, 2022 The influence of sex and gender in immune response and vaccine outcomes is established in many disease areas, including in COVID-19....

Gender perspective in COVID-19. SESPAS Report 2022

by admin | Jan 22, 2022 | Publications

Shirin Heidari Gaceta Sanitaria – January, 2022 We failed to adequately launch a gender transformative response to COVID-19 pandemic, data by sex on a variety of indicators for most countries are hard to find. Some symptoms reported as common of COVID-19 infection,...