· Enabling health in cities: MHI is partnering with city, national, and global-level stakeholders to improve the health of cities and communities worldwide. The Institute is working with Google Health and Stanford Medicine alongside a broad network of organizations to co-convene global dialogues about health, including a recent event in Mumbai. What’s next? MHI and ecosystem partners will continue to co-convene action-oriented discussions on impacting health in cities at scale, and continue work with public, private, and social stakeholders in select cities to advance health across underinvested areas, including metabolic health and brain health. · Unlocking the potential of brain capital: MHI is proud to be part of an ecosystem that values brain health as a driver of social and economic prosperity. A recent article published with the World Economic Forum explores brain capital and the brain economy, underscoring how brain health can serve as a catalyst for economic growth. MHI is collaborating with ecosystem partners to advance brain health globally, including UsAgainstAlzheimer’s and the Davos Alzheimer’s Collaborative on brain health in the workplace; the newly launched Coalition for Mental Health Investment; and NAMI, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, and NASMHPD on the impact of early intervention to address early psychosis. What’s next? MHI will continue to cultivate transformative partnerships and initiatives with leading institutions to scale proven interventions through AI and digital, strengthen the case for increased investment in brain health, identify and implement strategic levers to accelerate the transition to a brain economy, and expand access to effective mental health care through task sharing. · Closing the women’s health gap: MHI hosted in New York the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting of the Global Alliance for Women’s Health, which brought together champions across public, private, social, and philanthropic sectors to reflect on progress made and strategize the path forward to advance better health for women globally. MHI’s leaders continue to bring the business case for investing in women’s health to a global stage, including at HLTH USA in Las Vegas, the Women's Health Conference by the Global Centre for Asian Women's Health in Singapore, and the World Knowledge Forum in Seoul. What’s next? In January 2025, MHI and the World Economic Forum’s Global Alliance for Women’s Health will release in Davos its second report on women’s health, exploring opportunities to close the women's health gap, and how to effectively measure progress and impact. · Enabling healthy longevity: At FII8, MHI and the FII Institute have released a new report and interactive dashboard exploring the opportunities presented by healthy longevity to unlock health and economic benefits around the globe. The work, based on a survey of more than 22,000 people across 21 countries, identifies eight actionable avenues to ensure a healthier and more inclusive future. What’s next? Future efforts will focus on building the economic case for healthy longevity interventions, as well as creating the ecosystems needed to develop and scale interventions to fulfill the promise of healthy longevity for all—including emphasis on longevity science and metabolic health. · Creating healthy workforces: Through its partnership with the World Economic Forum’s Healthy Workforces Initiative, MHI cohosted a session alongside the UN General Assembly on data-driven approaches to employee health and well-being. Cross-sectoral industry leaders discussed the role of employers in driving employee health and well-being, and emerging ways to measure and prove the effectiveness of employee health interventions. What’s next? In January 2025, MHI and the World Economic Forum will publish in Davos a new report exploring the state of employee health across industries and demographics and highlighting actionable steps employers can take to elevate employee health for societal and economic benefit. · Creating resilient health systems: MHI’s forthcoming report—a collaboration with Digital Health Exemplars, a consortium convened by Exemplars in Global Health and which includes the Gates Foundation, the World Bank Group, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and others—outlines how countries might build digital health interoperability systems that fit their specific context and strategic aims, including the aim of increasing healthcare worker capacity. The report looks to examples from Canada, Estonia, and Tanzania to highlight how approaches to building an interoperability system can differ given different contexts and constraints. What’s next? MHI will publish new research on how the global healthcare worker shortage impacts the ability to meet basic health needs worldwide — and the ability to increase the overall healthspan of the global population. · Advancing health equity and disability inclusion: MHI, The Missing Billion Initiative, and Clinton Health Access Initiative convened funders and implementers alongside the UN General Assembly for an action-oriented dialogue on advancing health equity through disability-inclusive health investments. The event built on a recently launched collaborative report, exploring actions stakeholders can take to build more care pathways that are inclusive of people with disabilities. What’s next? Looking ahead, MHI will continue to explore ways to advance disability-inclusive health systems, including through inclusive health financing and disability and gender equity. · Enabling climate and health adaptation: MHI, the Health Innovation Exchange, Asian Development Bank, and Fiocruz recently published a report highlighting why enabling innovation in adaptation is crucial for addressing the health-related impacts of climate change. It explores three areas of opportunity for innovation in new solutions and scaling of existing solutions, as well as core enablers to catalyze action across the global health ecosystem. What’s next? In collaboration with its ecosystem partners, MHI will continue its focus on advancing climate and health enablers, such as financing volumes and constructs, to increase innovation in this space. |
