Future Directions in Female Urology: Resources, Training, Technology, and Global Equity

Female urology is a distinct subspecialty within urology that shares important common ground with gynecology and obstetrics and is often named "urogynecology" in the Obstetrics and Gynecology disciplines. The field addresses a broad range of conditions that are central to the scope of the Female Urology section, including overactive bladder, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, and urinary tract fistulae. These disorders affect a substantial proportion of women and are associated with major consequences for quality of life, healthcare utilization, and long-term wellbeing.Despite progress in diagnostics, medical therapy, surgery, and pelvic health care, the future of female urology depends largely on two essential pillars: resources and trained personnel. In many settings, particularly in low-income and lower-middle-income countries, access to specialized training, continence care pathways, urodynamic equipment, medications, and educational resources remains limited. At the same time, the field is evolving through digital tools, behavioural interventions, and more personalized, multidisciplinary models of care, highlighting both the opportunities and the inequities that currently shape practice worldwide. This Research Topic aims to provide a global platform for examining how female urology can advance in ways that are clinically meaningful, economically realistic, and equitable across diverse health systems. We welcome contributions that explore the economic burden of incontinence care, the role of medical societies in strengthening physician and nurse training, the affordability and accessibility of knowledge, the availability and appropriate use of urodynamic testing, and the future value of medications, procedures, and digital health tools for overactive bladder and urinary incontinence. Comparative, policy-oriented, and implementation-focused submissions are especially encouraged.By bringing together clinicians, researchers, educators, professional societies, and public health experts, this collection seeks to identify practical strategies to strengthen capacity, reduce disparities in care, and define sustainable future directions for female urology worldwide. Themes may include: • The economic burden of incontinence care in Africa• The role of specialized medical societies in promoting training for doctors and nurses in female urology• The affordability of knowledge in low-income and lower-middle-income countries• The availability of urodynamic equipment in low-income and lower-middle-income countries• The future of medications and techniques for overactive bladder: what is meaningful?• The use of mobile applications in the treatment of urinary incontinence: a global perspective Topic editors: Bassem S Wadie, Karl-Dietrich Sievert Source: https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/80149/future-directions-in-female-urology-resources-training-technology-and-global-equity