https://forms.gle/oYCyUBDxyvHKzTFp6
Every week in our clinic, we see the same pattern repeat: women showing up late in illness, often misdiagnosed and frequently dismissed as “normal” for their age or gender.
It isn’t always because doctors don’t care, often it is because the science itself never studied women like us.
Globally, most medical research has been built on data from western men. That means diagnostic tools, treatment protocols and even drug doses were standardised using male physiology. Women’s bodies especially South Asian women’s are still being guessed at, not understood.
The question is ” Why this Gap Matters?”
when half the population is missing from research, the consequences are real:
– Misdiagnosis: Heart disease, Thyroid dysfunction and Hormonal disorders often present differently in women and go unrecognised.
– Delayed care: Symptoms are brushed off as “stress” or “hormonal”
– Policy without Perspective: Health policies and public funding follow data and if women are not in the data, we are not in the decision.
As the saying goes:
We cannot fix what we do not measure.
Pakistan Specific Problem
Pakistan has some of the highest female disease burdens in South Asia: Anaemia, Osteoporosis, Depression and Reproductive health challenges. Yet, we have the least amount of national data on women’s midlife, menopause, preventative conditions and hormonal transitions.
Without local research, our healthcare system continues to rely on borrowed statistics from western countries, data that does not reflect our genetics, diet or social realities.
You Can Change This
Zan Center is launching Women’s Helath Surveys to collect real-world data from Pakistani women.
We have one survey currently live, it takes less than 3 minutes to complete, but each response helps build evidence that can guide doctors shape health policy and design better awareness programs for women of all ages.
Take the survery here:
https://forms.gle/oYCyUBDxyvHKzTFp6
Your story is not just experience, its Science.
Your voice is not just opinion, it is Data.
Be counted. Because the future of women’s healthcare in Pakistan depends on it.