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Health and Healthcare

Global healthcare spending has increased dramatically over the past decade with medical innovation giving us a COVID-19 vaccine in under a year. Precision medicine is offering sophisticated solutions while telehealth is changing healthcare delivery and improving access. But loneliness, workplace stress, grief, depression and anxiety have been exacerbated by the pandemic and the diversion of resources away from other global health crises like cancer has been described as a second 'hidden pandemic'. Women's health is persistently neglected and as societies grow older, how are communities ageing healthily and who is responsible for the burden of care? And how do we solve these major healthcare challenges while ensuring fair access for all?

In this context, it's crucial for businesses, governments, and civil society to work together to find common solutions and take decisive action. Through its Centres, the World Economic Forum integrates public-private efforts to achieve greater impact.