
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.
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.
The word malnutrition is most often associated with people who are underweight through hunger. But it equally applies to people who are obese.
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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.
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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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Improving healthcare access and enhancing health outcomes – these twin goals underpin all our health and healthcare work at the World Economic Forum.
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...
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...
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En el complejo mosaico de retos globales, pocos hilos conductores son tan críticos como el bienestar mental de nuestra mano de obra. Más allá de ser una obligación moral, la salud mental ...
在错综复杂的全球挑战中,员工心理健康是最重要的话题之一。维持员工心理健康不仅是道德义务,也是实现组织成功的战略基石,因为它会影响生产力、创新发展和经济繁荣。在欧洲,心理健康危机形势严峻。2023年的“欧洲晴雨表”调查显示,46%的受访者去年曾面临情绪或心理社会问题,但超过一半的人没有寻求专业帮助。这表明医疗基础设施存在不足,无法在人们最脆弱时提供支持。
In the complex mosaic of global challenges, few threads are as critical as the mental well-being of our workforce. Beyond being a moral obligation, employee mental health is a strategic c...