President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Monday that is aimed at facilitating improved studies on women’s health.

The order is based partly on improved data collection and is aimed at providing enhanced opportunities for biomedical research through easier access to funding.

Studies and medical research were previously conducted mostly on men, but a change in legislation implemented in the 1990s brought out more funding for medical research on women, who comprise around half of the U.S. population.

However,  much of modern research fails to adequately address the differences between men’s and women’s health, thus facilitating less ground for studying health issues most common in women, something the executive order aims at addressing, according to aides.

“We still know too little about how to effectively prevent, diagnose and treat a wide array of health conditions in women,” said Dr. Carolyn Mazure, the head of the White House initiative on women’s health.

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