Health and Healthcare
Kidney disease ‘should be global health priority’, plus other top health stories
A new report has called for chronic kidney disease to be made a global health priority.
Shyam Bishen
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.
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Health and Healthcare Systems
Call for action on rising cholera cases, and other health stories
Immediate action is needed to prevent a “multi-year upsurge in cholera cases worldwide”, according to the organization that manages the world’s stockpile of cholera vaccine.
La salud mundial
Por qué aumenta la obesidad y cómo llevar una vida sana
La palabra desnutrición se asocia más a menudo con las personas que tienen un peso inferior al normal debido al hambre. Pero también se aplica a las personas obesas.
La salud mundial
Why obesity is rising and how we can live healthy lives
The word malnutrition is most often associated with people who are underweight through hunger. But it equally applies to people who are obese.
Health and Healthcare
Microplastics linked to greater risk of heart attack and stroke, plus other top health stories
Microscopic plastics could lead to a greater risk of heart attack and stroke, according to a new study.
La salud mundial
La carga mundial de cáncer va en aumento: esto es lo que hay que hacer
Un diagnóstico de cáncer es algo que todo ser humano teme; sin embargo, la provisión de tratamiento y cuidados no está a la altura de las necesidades de los pacientes en todo el mundo.
Health and Healthcare Systems
The global cancer burden is growing – here's what needs to happen
A cancer diagnosis is something every human fears; yet provision of treatment and care is failing to meet the needs of patients around the world.
Health and Healthcare
Measles warning from WHO plus other top health stories
More than half of the world’s countries will be at a high or very high risk of measles outbreaks by the end of the year unless urgent action is taken, according to the World Health Organi...
Health and Healthcare
The gender health gap: It's more than a women’s issue. Here’s why
The gender health gap affects everyone: our families, communities, workplaces, societies. Yet around the world, millions of women at all stages of life are unable to access the healthcare...
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'Striking inequities' as global cancer burden grows, and other health stories you need to know this week
The global cancer burden is growing and is having a disproportionate impact on underserved populations, figures from the World Health Organization's (WHO) cancer agency show.
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Measles cases are rising – here’s what can be done
In 2022, there were 941 cases of measles across 41 countries in Europe and parts of central Asia.
Health and Healthcare
Cameroon starts malaria vaccine programme, and other health stories you need to know this week
The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an "alarming" increase in measles cases in Europe in 2023, with numbers still rising, the BBC reports.
Health and Healthcare
What's the state of health and healthcare? Here's what was discussed in Davos
Improving healthcare access and enhancing health outcomes – these twin goals underpin all our health and healthcare work at the World Economic Forum.
Health and Healthcare
Women are second-class citizens when it comes to health. Closing the gap could be worth $1 trillion
For far too long, society has overlooked women’s health needs and failed them in doing so. Women are paying the ultimate price with an average of nine years spent in ill health across the...
Health and Healthcare
Ushering in a new era of investment for the health of women
Reducing the women’s health gap improves lives and can potentially unlock a $ 1 trillion GDP opportunity annually by 2040, according to a new analysis from the World Economic Forum in col...