NEW YORK CITY—Women's health care is a right, not a political bent.
Women's health care also is completely unique, requiring adaptive medical technology rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
And too often, the latter is the tack adopted by medical component and tooling manufacturers, according to Marissa Fayer, founder and CEO of HERhealthEQ, a New York City-based non-profit "dedicated to improving the health and well-being of women by providing essential medical equipment to developing economies around the world."
"Women's health is global health," Fayer told Rubber News following her keynote presentation June 13, the first day of the MD&M (Medical Device and Manufacturing) East exposition at the Javits Center along the Hudson River.
The conference drew more than 300 exhibitors and hundreds more attendees June 13-15.
"Health care is a right for women … this is not a political statement, but a fact," Fayer said. "It's like this lectern, which at five-foot-three, I am not going to use because it was designed for a man.
"And unfortunately, we do not always develop medical technology for women."