Vira Health, the company behind specialist menopause care provider Stella, has launched the Vira Health Member Zone – a global employee health benefits platform available in more than 100 countries and 20 languages, covering hormonal health, fertility, pregnancy, postpartum, parenting, menopause, and men’s health.
The platform combines expert-led educational content, online events, virtual appointments, care advocacy, and a specialist referral network. It’s designed to give global employers benefit parity across their workforce – a growing demand as companies recognize that English-centric, single-market solutions don’t serve multinational teams.
“We started Vira Health because the healthcare system failed women at some of the most significant moments of their lives,” said co-founder Andrea Berchowitz. “Employers have a real opportunity to change that and a real business reason to act. The Vira Health Member Zone gives organisations a single, trusted platform that supports their people from decisions about contraception through to menopause and beyond. The fact that we can do that in more than 20 languages, with clinical rigour, is what sets us apart.”
The business case for employers is well-documented: 30% of women consider quitting or have quit their jobs due to menopause symptoms, 47% say health symptoms affect their work performance, and 57% of employees have taken or would consider taking a new job for better reproductive health benefits.
“Unmet health needs cost employers in absence, productivity and retention – and for too long, the solutions on offer have been English-centric and designed around a single cultural context,” said co-founder Dr. Rebecca Love. “Every piece of content, every care interaction, and every clinician we bring in is designed to meet employees where they are – in their language, in their country, at every life stage from fertility to menopause to parenting.”
The launch marks a significant expansion for Vira Health beyond Stella’s direct-to-consumer menopause telehealth offering (currently available in the UK, U.S., and South Africa) into the enterprise benefits market – joining a crowded but growing field of companies competing for employers’ women’s health budgets. The multilingual, 100+ country coverage is a notable differentiator in a space where most competitors operate in English-speaking markets only. TELUS Health is among the first distribution partners, offering the platform through its Employee Assistance Programme.
