- More than half the world’s population do not have full healthcare access.
- A shortage of medical staff could be partly addressed by generative AI, research by the World Economic Forum shows.
- Other initiatives include closing the women’s health gap and improving access to treatment and medication for conditions like Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.
More than half the world’s population, that’s 4.5 billion people, lack full access to healthcare, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Among them, around 1.3 billion people are being forced deeper into poverty, or extreme poverty, by financially devastating payments for health services.
Efforts to ensure each of the world’s 8 billion people has health cover have made little overall progress in recent years, according to the WHO, but organizations are determined to open up healthcare to wider populations.
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https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/08/3-ways-the-world-can-improve-healthcare-for-all/