01. Primary Care Is Load-Bearing Infrastructure
The world now holds over 8.1 billion people and healthcare systems are already straining at the seams. Without decisive investment, they will buckle.
Spending $370 billion annually on primary care is not excess. It is reinforcement. Primary care absorbs pressure, prevents escalation and keeps specialist services from collapse.
The only sustainable path forward is equipping frontline providers to meet demand early, locally and competently. This is how societies stay resilient rather than reactive.
Source: Population Reference Bureau (2024)
02. Women’s Health Is Economic Stability
For every £1 invested in women’s health, £4 flows back into the UK economy. Not as a windfall but as regained productivity, reduced system strain and longer, healthier working lives.
That return is not the point. It is the proof. Proof that women’s health has always been foundational, simply underbuilt and underfunded.
Healthy women support families, communities and labour markets. When women’s health is neglected, the cost is social as much as fiscal.
Source: NHS Confederation (2024)
03. Capital Is Already Moving
Between 2018 and 2023, overall venture capital grew by 14%. In the same period, FemTech grew by 58%.
Moving away from speculation is the recognition that large institutions and governments are starting to treat women’s health as essential infrastructure rather than a niche category.
The proposed $12 billion Women’s Health Fund by the US government signals a shift from awareness to action. The early majority is no longer waiting.
Source: Forbes (2024)
04. Fix Foundations Before Optimisation
Healthcare companies have drawn roughly a quarter of total funding in recent years. Women’s health accounted for just 2% of the $41.2 billion raised in 2023.
Technology can accelerate care but acceleration without foundations only moves fragility faster. Real progress begins with reforming core systems: access, workflow, diagnostics and delivery.
Only then does technology compound value rather than expose gaps.
Source: Pharmacy Times (2024)
05. Change Requires Coalitions
The Pentagon’s $500 million investment in women’s health research is instructive. Not because of its size, but because of its structure.
Durable change requires coordination. Institutions to fund infrastructure. Governments to disseminate research. Angels to provide early governance and long-term stewardship.
This is how systems scale. Not through heroics, but through alignment.
Source: The Hill (2024)
