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Bridging the digital health gap through private sector engagement
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Private sector engagement could help unlock digital health benefits in resource-constrained healthcare systems, but its success will depend on strategies tailored to fit each country.
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Closing the women’s health gap: Canada’s $37 billion opportunity
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Closing the women’s health gap in Canada could result in seven more healthy days of life per year for every Canadian woman—and potentially boost the country’s economy by $37 billion annually by 2040.
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Keeping investment in mind: Strategies for financing mental health
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Effectively funding mental health requires both additional investments to close the funding gap and sustainable financing approaches for long-term success.

Featured Interactives

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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The new case for brain health: Scaling interventions for health and economic growth
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Opportunities exist to reduce the global burden of brain health and noncommunicable diseases, fostering healthier communities and stronger economies.
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From crisis to catalyst: Investing in addressing noncommunicable diseases
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Without urgent action, noncommunicable diseases could cost the world $36 trillion—but scaling interventions that work can both reverse the trend and serve as an engine for economic growth.
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Bridging the women’s health gap: A country-level exploration
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In this McKinsey Health Institute interactive analysis, we explore the latest data on the impact of women’s health issues around the world.
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Prioritizing brain health: Scaling what works to add years to life and life to years
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How many more years can be spent in optimal health if our society viewed mental and substance-use disorders as we do other conditions? The McKinsey Health Institute and the Healthy Brains Global Initiative collaboration sought to answer this question through a series of interactives.

Founding perspectives

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Article - McKinsey Health Institute
The secret to great health? Escaping the healthcare matrix
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The blueprint to achieve a lifetime of great health is increasingly clear and within our control. But unlocking it requires challenging the orthodoxies currently guiding individuals and institutions.
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In sickness and in health: How health is perceived around the world
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A new McKinsey Health Institute survey examines the views of residents in 19 countries on their physical, mental, social, and spiritual health.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
Adding years to life and life to years
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At least six years of higher quality life for everyone is within reach.

Conversations on Health

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Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Special Olympics’ health chief on championing inclusive care
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Chief health officer Dimitri Christakis emphasizes a framework promoting health equity for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
The ‘evergreen economy’: Harnessing the power of healthy longevity
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Economist Andrew J. Scott, author of The 100-Year Life and The Longevity Imperative, discusses the opportunity for positive and profound change in an aging society.
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Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
Mental and physical health equity: A ‘medical civil right’
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The Honorable Patrick J. Kennedy strives to ensure resources for the prevention, treatment, and recovery support of mental health conditions are on par with those for other chronic illnesses.
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Interview - McKinsey Health Institute
A ‘universal human right’: Quality mental healthcare for children
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Improving mental health globally demands an equitable, evidence-based, and holistic approach that encompasses the specific needs of children and young people, says UNICEF’s Zeinab Hijazi.
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