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Self-care can help to ease the strain on our health systems. Here's how
Self-care is not a replacement for health systems - but it can help us rebuild them. Here are three insights from a recent pan-industry discussion.
Tech for Good
'Trust me, I’m a doc-bot'. 3 steps to get closer to AI-driven healthcare
If doc-bots were more trusted, integrated, and reimbursable by health insurance, they could become the GPS of primary healthcare.
Future of Health and Healthcare
PHSSR Steering Committee
United Kingdom
Breaking out of the Malthusian trap: How pandemics allow us to understand why our ancestors were stuck in poverty
England was the first country to achieve sustained economic growth, where the material living conditions of a population improve over several generations. This is how.
COVID-19
COVID-19 cases could reach 20 million in U.S. by Christmas, new forecasting model says
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases could reach 20 million by the end of January, a new COVID-19 forecasting model by Washington University predicts.
Global Health
5 health crises you may not have heard about in 2020
Yellow fever, measles and chikungunya – a virus spread by mosquitoes – are among the other health emergencies of 2020. The World Health Organization also responded to disasters, like the ...
Global Health
The looming health catastrophe that could be more deadly than COVID-19
Antimicrobial resistance is a top 10 global public health threat, according to the World Health Organization. World Antimicrobial Awareness Week aims to promote action to limit the risks....
Pioneers of Change Summit 2020
From health-for-all to health-for-wealth. Asia-Pacific's healthcare financing needs a rethink
Governments must see healthcare as a fundamental driver of socioeconomic ambitions and evolve from “health-for-all” to “health-to-wealth”.
COVID-19
COVID-19 is putting millions of people at risk of blindness
COVID-19 is having a major impact on the provision of eye health services around the world. Here's why that matters – and how policy-makers should respond
SDG 03: Good Health and Well-Being
This initiative wants to help health systems withstand the next pandemic
Pioneers2020
The top emerging health technologies to end this pandemic and avert the next one
Technology can drive a Great Health Reset, but success will be determined by the willingness of all stakeholders to trust one another and to invest in a shared effort.
COVID-19
6 ways the pandemic has changed businesses
Sectors like healthcare and banking are battered but not beaten by COVID-19 disruption, McKinsey analysis finds. Digital delivery features large in the post-pandemic futures of six sector...
Mental Health
AI and Reddit are helping us track COVID-19's impact on mental health
Textual analysis of social media posts on popular site Reddit finds users’ anxiety and suicide-risk levels are rising, among other negative trends.
COVID-19
'Great day for humanity': Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine over 90% effective
Pfizer and German partner BioNTech SE have announced preliminary results of the large-scale clinical trial of their COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
COVID-19
Fewer people say they would take a COVID-19 vaccine now than 3 months ago
The latest World Economic forum/Ipsos survey on vaccine confidence shows that on average, across 15 countries, vaccination intent is down by 4 points since August.