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Case Study - McKinsey Health Institute
Scaling mental health where life happens: Helping Santiago thrive across the lifespan
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Across the Chilean capital, a quiet mental health crisis is unfolding—from anxious teens to isolated seniors. Healthy Santiago is reshaping care by bringing it into everyday spaces through trusted community members—restoring connection, dignity, and hope while proving that compassionate, scalable solutions can transform lives and strengthen communities.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The future is shared: Financing task-sharing programs in mental health
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Mental health task sharing has demonstrated clinical effectiveness and potential for widespread system impact, but achieving sustained financing will influence whether programs can scale and endure.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: Stronger health, stronger economies
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Poor health imposes a heavy human and economic toll. Scaling proven interventions could add nine healthy years to life and deliver $12.5 trillion in global economic gains by 2050.

Featured Interactives

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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries.
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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
From potential to practical: Fueling performance with proven workplace health interventions
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Employers see the importance of employee health and well-being, but many don’t know where to start. The McKinsey Health Institute analyzed 115 workplace interventions to provide a clear path forward.
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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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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
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.

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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Article - McKinsey Health Institute
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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