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Five important questions for health in a post-pandemic world

The pandemic has led to numerous lessons learned and a reassessment of priorities in health. However, it remains unclear if short-term drivers of change will lead to seismic shifts in how we manage the future well-being of people, systems and society. David Humphreys, global practice lead for health policy at Economist Impact, offers perspective on the trends that will shape the future.

The challenge of migraine in South Africa: Complex, misunderstood— and surmountable

The challenge of migraine in South Africa: Complex, misunderstood— and surmountable is an Economist Impact report, supported by Eli Lilly. This report aims to assess the impact of migraine in the social, economic and health-system context of South Africa.

Tackling Japan’s dual crisis: How policies, culture and values can help stabilise the fertility rate and enable economic development

Japan already has the world’s oldest population, with a dependency ratio (the share of individuals over the age of 65 relative to the size of the working age population) of nearly 50% compared to a world average of 14%. A further fall in the number of births means the number of working adults supporting the ageing population will shrink, and the economy will face further challenges.
 

Working towards decades of healthy ageing

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing (MIPAA)—the first global agreement that presented a comprehensive action plan for addressing ageing in the 21st century. It is also the second year of the UN’s Decade of Healthy Ageing (2021-2030) (“UN Decade”), an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) to galvanise international action and cross-sectoral collaboration to support healthy ageing.

Fixing fragility in medicine supply chains: five key recommendations

The coronavirus pandemic highlighted a number of weaknesses in health systems. One that has received relatively little attention is the regular and ongoing shortages of essential medicines. Like many of the structural weaknesses revealed by covid-19 it was just that: revealed, rather than caused by the pandemic. The disruption of supply chains was due in part to simultaneous demand for medicines, but the structural and economic drivers of these shortages existed long before covid-19 emerged.

Easing the disease burden in ageing Asia: implementing integrated healthcare and promoting self-care

Easing the disease burden in ageing Asia: implementing integrated healthcare and promoting self-care is an Economist Impact report, sponsored by Johnson & Johnson Pte. Ltd. This report aims to examine integrated care in five countries across Asia and explore the integral role of self-care in promoting integrated care within these health systems.
 

Tobacco’s effects beyond health

The 2022 theme for World No Tobacco Day is tobacco’s threat to our environment. Tobacco use causes 8 million deaths worldwide each year and recent research has highlighted its environmental impacts, and how it might be an obstacle to achieving multiple Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Cell and Gene Therapies: Health system progress in moving from cutting edge to common practice

Cell and gene therapies (CGTs) change our individual biological blueprints. They might rewrite an individual’s DNA so that it no longer codes for a tragic, early demise, or remove faults which certain cancers exploit to avoid immune systems. However, CGTs are not easy to deploy. They require highly complex interventions by multi-disciplinary teams who rely on complicated supply chains and work in specialised facilities. Nor do they work on every patient.

Article 3 | Roadmap to resilience: A post pandemic vision of healthcare delivery

Article 3: Building post-pandemic resilience through technology and innovation
 

Strengthening Screening & Diagnostic Systems - a roadmap for infectious diseases elimination in developing countries in APAC

Strengthening Screening & Diagnostic Systems - a roadmap for infectious diseases elimination in developing countries in the Asia-Pacific, is an Economist Impact report, supported by Roche Diagnostics Asia Pacific Pte, Ltd.

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