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AXA reveals the impact of the pandemic on women with its new report

AXA published the report titled “Hidden Costs: How Does In the case that women cannot bene-
COVID-19 Threaten Women’s Physical and Emotional Health fit from routine healthcare services,
in Long Term?” within the scope of studies carried out to pro- their health is affected negatively in
tect what is important for humanity for the sake of the pro- long term.
gress of mankind. In the report, many facts which negatively • 25 percent of the women say that
affect the physical and emotional health of women due to so- they have difficulty in having a
cial gender inequality which has increased globally during a test, and 38 percent have difficulty
pandemic are analyzed and women’s thinking about healthcare in finding masks and disinfectant
services during a pandemic is examined. The report is based on gel. The fact that women cannot
the surveys and researches conducted by AXA, which supports access protective equipment such
scientific information production in various disciplines with as masks and disinfectants during
different initiatives such as AXA Research Fund, with 8.000 pandemics damages the access to
women living in various socio-economical conditions in eight healthcare services by increasing
different countries. the fear of the virus.
• Half of the women state that
The report highlights that the pandemics make it difficult for their anxiety disorder has started
women to access healthcare services and affected especially or deteriorated during the pandemic; more than half have dif-
emotional health negatively and has the following findings: ficulty in sleeping during this period. Those who encounter
psychological problems most frequently are young women and
• Half of the women state that they would be healthier if they women with children.
had more time or money. Economical and social gender in-
equality increased globally during pandemic limit the budget Sanem Çıngay, Head of Technical Operations and Excom
and time of women in accessing healthcare services. Member, said: “As AXA, we are one of the defenders of so-
• Three-quarters of women state that they give more priority cial gender equality and women empowerment in business life.
to other’s health during the pandemic. Women take care of Our last report which is one of the studies we have conduct-
the health problems of their families and undertake healthcare ed in this area fills an important gap about woman’s health.
services in the home more than in the past. It reveals dramatic results regarding social gender equality,
• 70% of the healthcare staff is women across the world. women’s health, and, naturally, community health. We need
Women healthcare providers who are on the frontier in the to improve the access of women to healthcare services, gener-
fight against the virus naturally encounter heavy working con- alize the use of new technologies, and encourage women to adopt
ditions and anxiety, depression, and burnout caused by these healthier lifestyles which will reduce long-term disease risks by
conditions more frequently. evaluating these results correctly. We will continue our studies to
• It is observed that 60 percent of the women with chronic dis- provide benefits for women by developing products and services
eases such as cancer, diabetes have to delay their treatment; 40 special to women with the strength we draw from our mission of
percent of them do not see the doctor to have regular follow-ups. being a solution partner rather than a payer as AXA.

Agito Joint Intelligence Committee meets for transition to Common Data Model in

health insurance

companies during the transition to a common data model, to
the sector. Leading health insurance figures met at the Agito
Joint Intelligence Committee! There was great interest in the
meeting, where more than 70 industry representatives came to-
gether and questions were answered. A new era begins for the
insurance sector. The transition dates to this new model, which
aims to securely store insurance data, collect information secu-
rity and standards in a single model, reduce application devel-
opment costs for SBM and insurance companies, and ensure the
continuity of all systems, were announced as September 2021
in the health branch.

Agito introduced its new product, d-Data4health, to the sector
The insurance sector came together at the meeting held by Agi-
to to facilitate the transition process of companies operating to easily manage the transition process to the Common Data
in the field of health insurance to the Common Data Model Model in this short time. All data to be sent as part of the
and to answer all questions related to this process. As always, Joint Data Model project with D-Data4Health can be managed
anticipating the needs of the insurance sector and continuing to independently from the source/system and dynamically through
provide innovative insurtech solutions in line with these needs, process screens. Related data can be easily obtained from the
Agito introduced D-Data4health, a product that will facilitate Insurance Company system and sent to SBM.