Menopause: a global health and wellbeing issue that needs urgent attention
We provide eight key recommendations, supported by latest evidence, for the consideration of policy makers, commissioners, researchers, and clinicians (panel).Menopause care must adopt an inclusive and personalised approach, as has been done for other conditions, to address the unique needs of both cisgender and transgender populations across global settings and to integrate diverse cultural practices.However, to truly improve menopause care, we must also work towards destigmatising menopause.Destigmatisation requires a global, multisectoral approach with comprehensive research, improved health-care access, practical workplace policies, and coherent messaging and communication to enable a more open and supportive society.We declare no competing interests.
Authors
- Ian Litchfield (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1169-5392)
- Nirmala Rathnayake (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0666-2975)
- Helen Felicity Kemp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9396-0704)
- Gayathri Delanerolle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9628-9245)
- Teck‐Hock Toh (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5909-4855)
- Paula Briggs (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0468-9151)
- Om Kurmi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9518-4716)
- Ashish Shetty (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7441-6936)
- Rabia Kareem (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4002-6331)
- Julie Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6352-4598)
- Sohier Elneil (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9047-5418)
- Vikram Sinai Talaulikar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2058-722X)
- Kathleen Riach (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-0398)
- Peter Phiri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9950-3254)
- Cristina Laguna Benetti‐Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6198-5593)
- Muhammad Ishfaq (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-8986)
- George Uchenna Eleje (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0390-2152)
- Ieera Aggarwal (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1183-6279)
- Jian Qing Shi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2924-1137)
- Kristina Potočnik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-4989-745X)
- Lucky Saraswath
Institutions
- University of Ruhuna (LK)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) (BR)
- Riphah International University (PK)
- University of Aberdeen (GB)
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University (NG)
- Sibu Hospital (MY)
- Aberdeen Maternity Hospital (GB)
- Isle of Wight NHS Trust (GB)
- Southern University of Science and Technology (CN)
- KK Women's and Children's Hospital (SG)
- Liverpool Womens NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- Adam Smith Institute (GB)
- University of Glasgow (GB)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Lancet Global Health
- Published
- 2024-12-18
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00528-x
- Citations
- 27
- Primary Topic
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 9.66