Dr. Shyam Bishen is a senior healthcare executive with over 25 years of global experience in healthcare public-private partnership, strategy development, M&A, and business development. He comes to the Forum from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle where he was a regional/deputy director for seven years and was responsible for partnering to harness advances in healthcare to save lives. Before moving to Gates Foundation, he spent more than 20 years in private sector, and most recently headed up emerging markets strategy & innovation at Merck (MSD) in New Jersey as vice president and general manager. Prior to joining the corporate sector, Dr. Bishen was in academia and worked as an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is qualified with a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Health should be seen as economic infrastructure. Smarter, outcome-based investment cuts waste, boosts growth and protects lives in a warming, debt-strained world.
女性の健康は、グローバルな福祉と経済成長にとって極めて重要ですが、依然として十分な資金が投入されていません。グローバル人口のほぼ半数を占める女性。一方、女性に特有の影響を与える、あるいは女性特有のアプローチを必要とする多くの疾患に対する、研究、イノベーション、民間投資からの注目は依然として不足しています。
Women make up almost half of the world’s population, yet women’s health captures only 6% of private healthcare investment. This plan could help bridge the gap.
Las mujeres son casi el 50% de la población, pero su salud recibe apenas el 6% de la inversión privada. Este plan busca generar un consenso para cerrar esa brecha.
Examples from India show growing evidence that investment in interoperable systems, preventive care and digital health delivers steadily increasing returns.
Non-communicable diseases account for more than 70% of global deaths, yet the data infrastructure health systems rely on to prevent, track, and treat them remains deeply inadequate.
The Women's Health Impact Tracking platform was built to help make progress in closing the global women's health gap and is not being transitioned to NUS
从气候变化对人类健康的影响，到脑健康领域的变革性发现，本文带您回顾2025年最值得关注的健康议题。
From climate change health impacts to transformative discoveries for brain health, here are the top health stories of the year, shaping the future of medicine.
Latest health news: Climate-resilient healthcare on COP30 agenda; Food insecurity rising in 16 hunger hotspots; Yellow fever cases surge in South America.
La resistencia a los antimicrobianos (RAM) es una amenaza creciente agravada por el uso excesivo de antibióticos, así como por la mala gestión de los residuos y el cambio climático.
Antimicrobial resistance is a growing global threat, driven by antibiotic overuse, inadequate waste management, and climate change. Here’s what you need to know.
Top health news: The human cost of climate inaction; Mpox cases rise in Europe; New study suggests daily walk time can significantly improve heart health outcomes.
Top health news: Neurological conditions affect over 3 billion people; Colour-changing label could cut vaccine wastage; NHS launches HIV protection jab in England and Wales.
Top global health news: Nobel win for T cells immune breakthroughs; COVID-19 cases are rising; smoking declines, yet one in five adults still use tobacco
