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VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans Visits Dallas
"Enhancing care for women Veterans is one of Secretary Shinseki's top priorities," said Dr.
Intent on improving VA programs and services for women Veterans, the advisory committee heard views on facets of physical and mental health care, benefits, access, processing military sexual trauma claims, women-specific health needs, and services for returning troops. In addition,
Members also had the opportunity to tour the Dallas VA Medical Center, Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, the
VA accomplishments for women Veterans already in place include:
- More than
$32.5 million in Fiscal Year 2008 supplemental funding was sent to facilities for women's health equipment, training and supplies (including DEXA scans, mammography machines, ultra-sound and biopsy equipment). - Women Veterans' program managers, advocates and advisors for women Veterans were made full-time positions at every VA facility, as of
Dec. 1, 2008 , to improve women Veterans' access, to coordinate necessary services and to assist in planning for comprehensive primary care at each VA facility.
Women Veterans are one of the fastest growing segments of the Veteran population. There are approximately 1.8 million women Veterans. They comprise 7.5 percent of the total Veteran population and nearly 5.5 percent of all Veterans who use VA health care services.
VA estimates women Veterans will constitute 10 percent of the Veteran population by 2020.
The Advisory Committee on Women Veterans reviews VA's programs, activities, research projects and other initiatives designed to meet the needs of women Veterans, then makes recommendations to the Secretary on ways to improve, modify and affect change in programs and services for women.
SOURCE U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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