About Us

Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health-Supported Research

When you support the Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health, you are helping women by funding research into areas such as:

  • Care and health of women throughout their lifespan
  • In utero fetal health
  • Preterm labour
  • Safer pregnancies
  • Perinatal mental health
  • Gestational diabetes
  • Safe delivery and newborn health
  • Prevention of maternal morbidity and mortality
  • Better use of drugs during pregnancy
  • Perinatal mental health
  • Endometriosis
  • Infertility
  • Gynecologic Surgery techniques
  • Treatment of ovarian, cervical and uterine cancers
  • Menopause
  • Sexuality
  • Contraception

International Women’s Health Programs

The Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health helps fund training programs for healthcare professionals in developing countries to improve maternal and newborn health and reduce the incidence of cervical cancer.

Supporting the Foundation means supporting mothers and their babies, and helps ensure that all women have access to optimal and comprehensive healthcare and health information.