Women's Health Rationale/Overview

Bristol-Myers Squibb women's health program supports projects that enhance women's health with strategies that improve education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and access to care for women worldwide.

The relationship between the health and education of women and overall economic, social and health care outcomes is proven and profound. Yet many women all over the world suffer from inferior education and from a lesser socioeconomic, legal and political status than men. The Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has long believed that through our support for women’s health and health education, we can fulfill our company's mission -- for all people regardless of age or gender -- to extend and enhance human life. That’s why, since 1995, the Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation has steadily developed its global Women’s Health program -- engaging leaders in every sector to create and develop novel approaches that enable women to make informed decisions and advocate effectively for their own health and the health care of their dependents. Support has been given to projects that test innovative outreach programs, cultivate multi-sectoral partnerships and add new information to the existing body of knowledge to help define and achieve improved health for women around the world. The goal of the program is to generate initiatives that will help enhance women’s health through novel interdisciplinary strategies that improve education, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and access to care for women worldwide. Since its inception, significant resources have been invested in programs that educate women about diseases and conditions that particularly threaten them as women.