Healthy City Partnership
By 2050, more than 60% of the world’s population, approximately 6 billion people, will live in cities. As a result, cities will experience the greatest public health and development chall...
Communities
Global Future Councils
System Initiatives
Communities
Global Future Councils
System Initiatives
Global Health and Healthcare
Our Industry Partners are select member companies that leverage the Forum’s multi-stakeholder platform to shape the future of industries in a strategic and socially responsible way. Deeply engaged with the Forum’s networks and experts, they bring insight to strategic decision-making on the most important industry and cross-industry issues.
As part of the Global Health and Healthcare Partnership Community at the Forum, the Healthcare Industry is an exclusive network over 50 partner companies including pharmaceutical companies, medical device providers, healthcare services delivery networks, global distributors of drugs and medical products, health insurers and companies with a focus on healthcare information technologies. Through public-private cooperation, Partners collectively shape the agenda of the World Economic Forum by engaging in dialogue designed to identify solutions to pressing global, regional, and industry challenges.
The Health and Healthcare Industry consists of an evolving portfolio of research-driven initiatives, dedicated global and regional events, cross-industry projects, and multi-stakeholder thematic meetings as set by our Industry Partners. We are building the world’s leading multi-sectorial community to drive transformation in healthcare globally. By cultivating multi-stakeholder partnerships that catalyse action towards sustainable care delivery systems, we advance the global health and healthcare agenda.
Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare
The global healthcare system today is beset by serious challenges: increased risk factors for health, unsustainable costs of care, lack of access to quality care, inadequate governance structures which exacerbate difficulties in responding to epidemics and regulatory frameworks that don’t keep up with technological advance and innovation. A strategic, long-term focus coupled with a collaborative mind-set across industries, policy-makers, civil society and innovators to keep populations healthy will be key to addressing the current challenges of the health ecosystem. As an Industry Partner, you will have access to this Initiative aiming to deliver healthy lives and health security for 9.7 billion people. Learn more about the System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare: https://www.weforum.org/system-initiatives/health-and-healthcare.
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