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Promoting gender equity in the scientific and health workforce is essential to improve women’s health

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Women’s health can be improved by increasing the representation of women in leadership roles in science, medicine and public health.

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C.V.M. is supported by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development CNPq-Brazil and by the Carlos Chagas Filho Foundation for Research Support of the State of Rio de Janeiro (FAPERJ).

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  1. Sergio Arouca National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Cristiani Vieira Machado

  2. Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Cristina Araripe Ferreira

  3. Fernandes Figueira National Institute for Women’s, Children’s and Adolescent’s Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Fiocruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Maria Auxiliadora de Souza Mendes Gomes

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Vieira Machado, C., Araripe Ferreira, C. & de Souza Mendes Gomes, M.A. Promoting gender equity in the scientific and health workforce is essential to improve women’s health. Nat Med 30, 937–939 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41591-024-02872-4

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