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Here are six key issues shaping the future of global healthcare, according to Deloitte’s findings. 1. Health equity has become a priority. Health equity is a top concern for healthcare executives and organizations, the study found. Senior leaders recognize that achieving a mix of clinical, mental, social, emotional, physical and spiritual ...
Millions of women of all ages have no access to healthcare, treatment and support they need. Closing this 'gender health gap' would enable more women to join the workforce, potentially boosting the global economy by $1 trillion. A new World Economic Forum and McKinsey Health Institute report highlights the vital need to strive for gender parity ...
Image: World Economic Forum. These are the main challenges on the list. 1. Elevating health in the climate debate. The climate crisis poses one of the biggest threats to both the planet and the health of the people who live on it. Emissions kill around 7 million people each year, and are responsible for more than a quarter of deaths from ...
This means mental health ranks as a higher health concern than cancer (34%) for the first time in these annual Ipsos reports. Stress is also named by 26% of people as a top health concern, ahead of obesity (22%), as the chart below shows. COVID-19 and mental health are the world’s top health concerns, Ipsos says. Image: Ipsos.
As we approach World Health Day on 7 April, here are eight current global health and healthcare trends we need to contend with as we aim to transform systems to become more sustainable, resilient and equitable. The pandemic triggered both growth and challenges for global healthcare. Image: World Economic Forum. 1.
Its release at Davos 2024 was accompanied by the launch of the Global Alliance for Women's Health, whose remit is to prioritize, protect, and promote women's health. Although women live longer than men, on average, they spend more years in ill health and often in their most productive years. Yet, we lack data on women’s biology, and there’s ...
Across the breadth of these issues, we see five common themes that we believe have the potential to transform how healthcare works in the future, and ensure for stronger, more resilient health systems globally. 1. There’s a new appreciation of the importance of health. Late last year, Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World ...
This gender health gap is not a new topic. Gender discrepancies within healthcare have made many headlines in recent years. In 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) found that although women in the European Union live longer than men, they spend more of their lives in poor health. While these findings gained a lot of attention at the time ...
New research suggests COVID-19 has made people more health conscious and willing to change their lifestyles to stay well. Ipsos surveyed 1,160 people across the United States to predict how wellbeing might change in a post-pandemic world. They found that 62% of Americans believe their health is more important to them than before the pandemic.
4. ADHD. Another neurodevelopmental condition that frequently co-occurs with autism, and is similarly mis- or under-diagnosed in females, is attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In the US, less than 1% of women have a diagnosis of ADHD, but the number is growing rapidly, according to research.