How three Middle Eastern women are changing the world through healthcare – The National

How three Middle Eastern women are changing the world through healthcare – The National

Well-being takes precedence at the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards this year, with the three Middle East finalists catering to new mums, schoolchildren and chronic patients. Through the Cartier Women's Initiative Awards, it seeks to provide meaningful support to female entrepreneurs in the as-yet male-dominated world of business start-ups.. With their companies already up and running, each woman is helping to shape a brighter future.. El Din was keen for it to be a space where women could access practical help from professionals in real time.. Within a month, more than 1,000 professionals came forward to help the 3,000 mothers who had signed up.. Six years later, El Din estimates that as many as 150,000 women across Egypt use the platform, either online or at the three facilities in Cairo.. "Mums start crying when they come in because it's the first time anyone is taking care of them.. It's a place where they can actually breathe again," El Din says. ". Patients may face worrying uncertainty about receiving the medication they have been prescribed.. "When I worked at the Cairo University Children's Hospital, a patient might come from a three-day car ride away to refill a prescription.. Since launching three years