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Manulife Supports Women's Mental Health and Well-Being through CAMH
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n \n \n Manulife Supports Women's Mental Health and Well-Being through CAMH\n \n \n /* Style Definitions */\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prntac{\nTEXT-ALIGN: CENTER\n}\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Canada NewsWire\n \n \n \n \n \n Manulife Pledges\n \n $1 Million\n \n Over Three Years to Support Research, Capacity Development and Advocacy\n \n \n \n \n \n TORONTO\n \n \n ,\n \n \n March 19, 2024\n \n \n /CNW/ - The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), through its initiative\n \n womenmind™\n \n , and Manulife, a leading global life and health insurer and global asset manager, have entered into a three-year partnership to support the Women's Health Research Cluster (WHRC). The\n \n $1 million\n \n donation will support women's mental health and well-being, not only in\n \n Canada\n \n , but around the world.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The WHRC is an international network of multidisciplinary professionals that strives to create a future where women and girls can live equitably healthy lives across their lifespan. With over 570 members in 29 countries, the WHRC takes an integrated health approach that recognizes all aspects of a person can affect mental health, including access to help and treatment facilities, economic status, physical health, well-being, and more.\n \n \n The WHRC is allied with CAMH's\n \n womenmind\n \n initiative, a community of philanthropists, thought leaders and scientists inspired and empowered by the work of CAMH to tackle sex and gender disparities in science and put the unique needs and experiences of women at the forefront of mental health research.\n \n \n \"Women's health research has, for centuries, been undervalued and underfunded,\" said Dr.\n \n Liisa Galea\n \n , inaugural Treliving Family Chair in Women's Mental Health, Scientific Lead for\n \n womenmind,\n \n and Leader of the Women's Health Research Cluster. \"In\n \n Canada\n \n , less than 6 percent of research projects funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research explicitly examine factors specific to women's health, despite the fact that many mental health disorders—such...