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This study provides initial insights into the understudied issue of revealing or concealing strategies adopted by women living with Obstetric Fistula through the lens of Communication Privacy Management Theory. The decision to disclose or not has been established as a complex process which happens not as a one-time event but changes over time. Therefore, women living with Obstetric Fistula are coupled with the added burden of who, when, what and how they manage their diagnosis information. Providing interventions geared toward disclosure and non-disclosure strategies after diagnosis can provide enormous relief for these women.

Analysis of the research used as a basis for clinical guideline development underscores the insufficient consideration of sex and gender in the primary evidence base informing the 2019 ESC guideline recommendations for chronic coronary syndromes. The underrepresentation of women in cardiovascular research and guideline development poses challenges for accurately discerning possible sex- and gender-specific effects and tailoring recommendations to diverse patient needs. Addressing these gaps requires explicitly integrating sex and gender considerations into study designs and guideline creation processes and promoting inclusivity to optimize clinical care provision and improve outcomes for all individuals affected by ischemic heart diseases.

The main public health implication of all the available evidence is that COVID-19 vaccination is to be recommended to all women of reproductive age, especially those intending to become pregnant within a year.

The authors in this voices piece contributed to genetic research on non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on an Asian cohort, as both pregnant women and non-European populations are under-represented in genomics datasets.