The world has made significant progress in advancing women’s right to health, particularly in sexual and reproductive care, in 25 years. Women are living longer than ever before, but they are not living better, says a latest United Nations (UN) report.It said women were more likely to have their pain dismissed, their symptoms misread, and their conditions diagnosed too late. This was the result of a medical system that was not designed with women in mind, it said. According to the global body, from the tools used in examinations to the data that shapes diagnosis and treatment, these gaps are embedded in healthcare systems, with real consequences.‘MISDIAGNOSIS, MEDICAL BIAS AFFECTING HEALTH’The United Nations report said, “From misdiagnosis to entrenched medical bias, gaps in healthcare systemscontinue to affect women’s health, safety and quality of life.”It, however, said there had been measurable progress in women’s health parameters.“Between 2000 and 2023, maternal mortality declined by 40 per cent, from 328 to 197 deaths per 100,000 live births.”Yet these gains are uneven.In the least developed countries, adolescent births increased from 4.7 million in 2000 to 5.6 million in 2024, it said.