BMJ study calls for maximisation of women’s potential in healthcare

In Time’s most recent health list, 13 of the 20 named in the leaders section are women. Photograph: sturti/Getty images

Female health leaders are good for a nation’s wellbeing, wealth, innovation and ethics, but remain an underused resource, particularly in low and middle income countries, a global review of evidence shows.

There should be more and sustained investment to maximise women’s potential and reap the benefits of their contribution, the study published in the journal BMJ Global Health concluded.