Webinar: Women’s Health – Inspiration, Opportunities & Challenges

The Support Office for Life Science and Health (SOLH), in collaboration with The Global Health Connector (former ECHAlliance), is organizing an ecosystem meeting with the purpose of bringing together voices from patient organizations, healthcare, academia, development offices, and businesses.

Leading experts, researchers, and practitioners will share new insights, experiences, and innovative approaches within this important field for inspiration of new areas of collaboration.  

Language: English with Swedish subtitles 
Platform: Zoom

For whom: Stakeholders across the women’s health 

• Academia – researchers, lecturers, and students exploring health, gender studies, informatics, medtech, and innovation.
• Public sector – policymakers, healthcare providers, clinicians, midwives, regional developers, and professionals in health and social care.
• Industry and business – medtech and digital health companies, start-ups, innovators, and entrepreneurs working with tools, services, and solutions for women’s health.
• Representatives of patient associations 

Programme

13:00 Welcome & Introduction 
Representative from Support office for Life Science adn Health 

13:05 The State of Women’s Health in Sweden: Insights from Burden of Disease Analysis 
Ylva Kahlin, Senior Analyst and Projekt Leader, Swedish Agency for Health and Care Services Analysis

13:20 Designing with and for women using norm creativity 
Karin Danielsson, Associate Professor in Informatics, Umeå University, Director of Humlab, UmU 

13:40 Women’s Health: Clinical Realities and Creating Possibilities in Northern Sweden 
Maria Lindqvist, midwife/Healthcare development manager, CFOG. Associate professor in Sexual & Reproductive Health, CFOG/Umeå University 
Sophia Holmlund, Midwife/Healthcare developer, CFOG.  Assistant professor in Sexual & Reproductive Health, Umeå University 

14:00 Short break

14:10 To establish a menopause clinic for equal, safe, knowledge-based, accessible and effective care for women´s health in midlife 
Maria Karlström Midwife, Menopause Clinic Överkalix Primary Health care centre, Region Norrbotten 

14:30 A long term investment in women’s health 
Nadja Fagrell Trygg, Senior research officer, Forte (Swedish research council for health, working life and welfare)

14:50 Connecting the dots globally around women’s health 
Andy Bleaden, Communities Director, Global Health Connector 
Adriana Díaz, Communities Manager, Global Health Connector

15:00 Closing - Thank you for today! 
SOLH & Global Health Connector 

Sign up

Register for the webinar here.

Follow-up session

To take actual steps forward, a follow-up meeting will be held on 20 October 2025. This session will provide further information on funding opportunities and space to discuss specific calls to start a dialogue about possibilities for collaboration across sectors. 

Contact

Rebekka Mannelqvist  
rebekka.mannelqvist@regionvasterbotten.se