Science and better living standards have reduced infectious diseases. Unhealthy lifestyles, pollution and other anthropogenic causes are turning into health burdens.
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Generally, the health of the population is improving, worldwide, even if the health inequalities have remained static or widened. In the EU, the estimated life expectancy at birth is 81 years...
That many societies have a growing older population will have implications for economic growth, inequality, and the sustainability of public finances. Furthermore, population ageing has an impact...
The State of Health in the EU 2018 EU Action on Antimicrobial Resistance EU Food Safety More on this Megatrend
The State of Health in the EU 2018 EU Action on Antimicrobial Resistance EU Food Safety More on this Megatrend
Synergies among engineering, physical sciences, computation, and life sciences are revolutionising medicine and health – advancing techniques to regenerate lost limbs and replace malfunctioning...
Humanity's health is improving rapidly; life expectancy at birth increased globally from 46 years in 1950 to 71.5 years in 2015, with the 5 years increase between 2000...
90% of all health R&D expenditure is targeted at problems that affect only 10% of the world’s population.| Related Megatrends: Inequalities; Technology About 20% of health expenditure...
Priority should increase for prevention and early detection of diseases rather than cure of the symptoms. Use of AI and big data to identify trends in health by regions, for encouraging prevention...
Policies to address practices, prices, and research priorities of the pharmaceutical industry are needed. Public funding for basic research should increase, to ensure expansion of responsible and socially-needed...