We have mythologised women's endurance so thoroughly that preventive cardiology never gets offered.
In many cultures, women are viewed as the backbone of families, workplaces, and communities.
While African women carry our communities on their backs, from Lagos boardrooms to Nairobi markets, the continent's healthcare systems remain dangerously blind to cardiovascular disease as women's silent killer. Dr. Folasade Alli's warning should force us to confront an uncomfortable truth: we've mythologized African women's strength so completely that we've forgotten they're human beings who need preventive care, not just praise for their endurance.
While African women carry our communities on their backs, from Lagos boardrooms to Nairobi markets, the continent's healthcare systems remain dangerously blind to cardiovascular disease as women's silent killer. Dr. Folasade Alli's warning should force us to confront an uncomfortable truth: we've mythologized African women's strength so completely that we've forgotten they're human beings who need preventive care, not just praise for their endurance.
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