The White House has issued an Executive Order requiring the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to organize a Women’s Health Division within the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the White House Women’s Health Task Force.

The goal of this action is to women’s health through advanced medical research, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment.

The new Women’s Health Division must be established within 90 days per the Executive Order. HHS stated they are working on this in collaboration with the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health. The division will focus on strengthening and broadening research of diseases and conditions that disproportionately or only affect women, or where there is not enough research covering women and girls of all ages, such as:

• Cardiovascular and heart disease
• Cancer
• Stroke
• Alzheimer’s disease
• Autoimmune and inflammatory conditions
• Osteoporosis
• Mental health
• Chronic pain
• Endometriosis
• Fibroids
• Polyendocrine metabolic ovary syndrome
• Infertility
• Maternal health
• Menopause
• Neurological disorders
• Aging

The division will also work on diversifying clinical trials, hasten the process of integrating scientific discoveries into clinical practice, and improving accountability in federally funded research, according to HHS.

The White House Women’s Health Task Force will be funded by HHS and shares the same goal as the Women’s Health Division. It will be led by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles and will include other department heads and government officials to collaborate to improve women’s health.

More information, including a list of actions the new Executive Order revoked, can be found here.