Study Group on Menopause and Hormonal Aging

The Groupe d'Etude sur la Ménopause et le Vieillissement hormonal (GEMVI ) supports the actions of Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes - Women's Cardiovascular Healthcare Foundation, by creating collective intelligence, with the ambition of saving the lives of 10,000 women within 5 years.

The Groupe d'Etude sur la Ménopause et le vieillissement hormonal (Menopause and Hormonal Aging Study Group) is a multidisciplinary think-tank on menopause and hormonal aging, led by a Scientific Committee of 25 members from 9 medical or surgical specialties, chosen for their recognized and complementary expertise in the field of menopause (www.gemvi.org).

GEMVI's objectives concern the medical profession, healthcare professionals, public authorities, the media and the general public:
- Information on established facts in the field of menopause, hormonal aging in men and women, and their consequences on health and quality of life, as well as on current and future advances in diagnosis and treatment.
- Training and medical research on these themes.
- Participation and scientific exchange with European and international experts in these fields.
GEMVI is aimed at women entering menopause and throughout this key hormonal phase. The menopause is a real turning point in a woman's life, and we owe it to ourselves to anticipate and support these women in order to act effectively and preserve their quality of life. On its website (www.gemvi.org), a special section is dedicated to the general public, with answers to their questions, news and an information sheet.

Agir pour le Cœur des femmes relies on the community of gynecologists, who are often the primary care physicians for women. Gynecologists are key players in this preventive medicine for women, identifying women at cardiovascular risk, raising their awareness of the importance of a preventive lifestyle, alerting them to the importance of targeted screening for their CV risk factors and coordinated cardio-gynecological follow-up.

GEMVI and Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes wish to work together to reverse the progression of cardiovascular disease. Act rather than suffer, before it's too late. Preventing rather than curing, that's the ambition that gynaecologists have always had in their day-to-day practice, and the ambition of Agir pour le Cœur des Femmes.

Ministry of Health and Prevention

The French Ministry of Health and Prevention is supporting Agir pour le Coeur des Femmes in its prevention initiatives, and in particular the Bus du Coeur des Femmes, which reaches out to women in local areas, drawing on a local ecosystem of health and prevention players.

The French Society of Hypertension

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Exceptional financing by the Île-de-France Region

The Women's Heart Bus is exceptionally financed by the Île-de-France Region, under the ministerial order of November 21, 2023 authorizing the payment of public funds to the Agir pour le coeur des femmes endowment fund.