Summer MinorWomen's Health, Both Home And Abroad
July 8th 2008 11:30
SC sets aside $2M for low-income cancer screenings
South Carolina is setting aside $2 million to more than double the number of low-income women who receive breast and cervical cancer screening, state officials said Tuesday.
South Carolina is setting aside $2 million to more than double the number of low-income women who receive breast and cervical cancer screening, state officials said Tuesday.
If it's wrong to be so giddy over this then I don't want to be right. Of course South Carolina still has a long ways to go before really getting women's health care needs. But this could be a step in the right direction.
State health officials estimate nearly 40,000 women who would be eligible for the program have never or rarely been tested for cancer. They say it will save money in the long run because more cancers will be caught earlier.
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women in South Carolina, killing nearly 1,000 people per year. But doctors say breast cancer has one of the highest survival rates, especially if it is caught early
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed cancer in women in South Carolina, killing nearly 1,000 people per year. But doctors say breast cancer has one of the highest survival rates, especially if it is caught early
The second bit of good news I stumbled upon is about the G8 Summit.
G8 Summit Leaders To Work Towards Maternal Health
... additional funding, an increase of $10.2 billion a year, is being sought to help improve both maternal and child health care as well as improved family planning. The hope is that this additional money will help women in developing countries to improve their lives. Currently more than 500,000 women die each year during pregnancy and childbirth, Numbers that have held steady for the last 40 years according to the United Nations Foundation. With improved health care and access to pregnancy prevention tools that number should go down.
... additional funding, an increase of $10.2 billion a year, is being sought to help improve both maternal and child health care as well as improved family planning. The hope is that this additional money will help women in developing countries to improve their lives. Currently more than 500,000 women die each year during pregnancy and childbirth, Numbers that have held steady for the last 40 years according to the United Nations Foundation. With improved health care and access to pregnancy prevention tools that number should go down.
Of course this doesn't mean the the funding will come through, especially with President "don't let them have birth control!" Bush present. But that it is being brought up at all is enough to make my day happier. You may say I have low expectations, I say you're probably right.
Women's eNews has more on it, including a lot of great back information on the lack of health care and funding that many women world wide face.
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