Salud y sistemas de salud
New Alzheimer's drug trial, heat deaths, and other health stories you need to know about
A new Alzheimer's drug, donanemab, has been shown to slow cognitive decline in patients in a global trial by 35%.
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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First US malaria cases diagnosed in decades, and other health stories you need to know about
A health alert has been issued in the US after a handful of locally transmitted cases of malaria were identified in the country. The cases in Texas and Florida are the first to have sprea...
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How responsible, equitable AI can help us improve global health outcomes
From predicting which patients are most likely to develop heart disease to creating personalised cancer vaccines, artificial intelligence (AI) is adding new capabilities to the health sec...
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La brecha sanitaria entre hombres y mujeres disminuye, y otras noticias sobre salud que debes leer
La brecha mundial de género en materia de salud y supervivencia ha mejorado el pasado año, y es una de las más estrechas medidas por el Informe sobre la Brecha de Género 2023 del Foro Eco...
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Gender health gap shows year-on-year improvement, plus other health stories you need to know about
The global gender gap on health and survival has improved year-on-year, and is one of the narrowest gaps measured by the World Economic Forum's Gender Gap Report 2023.
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New meningitis vaccine brings hope, plus the other health stories you need to know about
A trial of a new vaccine against meningococcal disease, a cause of meningitis and blood poisoning, has seen positive results against five strains of meningococcal bacteria – A, C, W, Y an...
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World Health Assembly: Public-private partnerships can help achieve health-for-all
The World Health Assembly (WHA) is an annual event in Geneva, Switzerland, that the World Health Organization’s (WHO) decision-making body holds to convene WHO member states to determine ...
Bienestar y Salud Mental
WHO declares Mpox no longer a health emergency, plus other health stories you need to know about
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared that the outbreak of the Mpox virus which began around a year ago is no longer a public health emergency of international concern.
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COVID-19 no longer a 'global health emergency', plus other health stories you need to know about
The World Health Organization (WHO) ended the global emergency status for COVID-19 on 5 May, more than three years after its original declaration, and said countries should now manage the...
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African countries back new malaria vaccine, plus the other health stories you need to know about
Nigeria and Ghana have become the first countries in the world to back a new malaria shot. The R21 vaccine has been developed by scientists at Oxford University and manufactured by the Se...
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World Immunization Week: 1 in 5 children still aren't vaccinated against life-threatening diseases
“The COVID-19 pandemic has been a disaster for childhood immunization.”
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Así es como la IA y la salud digital revolucionan el futuro de la asistencia sanitaria
Una marea de datos sanitarios y tecnologías digitales -como la inteligencia artificial (IA) y la telemedicina- está barriendo prejuicios arraigados sobre la salud mundial y el acceso y la...
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The US invests $5 billion in new coronavirus vaccines, plus the other health stories you need to know about
The US government is spending over $5 billion to speed up the development of new COVID-19 vaccines and treatments. 'Project NextGen' aims to provide better protection from coronaviruses, ...
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World Health Day: Here’s how AI and digital health are shaping the future of healthcare
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World Health Day: 8 trends shaping global healthcare
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