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Our Impact
The McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) is catalyzing progress in historically underinvested areas.
Advancing global mental health
MHI and its ecosystem partners are dedicated to advancing global mental health by expanding access to evidence-based treatments, catalyzing sustainable financing to address the $200 billion annual funding gap, and promoting early intervention strategies.
Collaboration
Coalition for Mental Health Investment
MHI, alongside the African Venture Philanthropy Alliance, Clinton Global Initiative, Kokoro, and Wellcome launched the Coalition for Mental Health Investment (CMHI) – a global alliance of stakeholders committed to catalyzing the investment required to match the scale of global need.
Blog
McKinsey Health Institute helps caring adults support children affected by trauma
McKinsey Health Institute partnered with Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and mental health organizations to create training for youth who have experienced trauma.
Press Release
The McKinsey Health Institute announces official commitment to advance mental health nationwide
As part of The Kennedy Forum’s Alignment for Progress initiative, MHI commits to making mental health care equitable and accessible for all.
Promoting the brain economy transition
MHI and its ecosystem partners are putting brain health at the center of global dialogues to drive action toward sustainable economic growth and societal well-being. Fostering brain capital has the potential to unlock $26 trillion in global economic value by enhancing workforce performance, igniting innovation, and reclaiming millions of years of quality life.
Media
Brain Health Emerges As Top Priority At Davos
In this article by Forbes’ Tarun Galagali, MHI Global Leader Lucy Pérez discusses why prioritizing brain health drives positive health and economic outcomes, and explores the role that employers can play in the brain economy.
Collaboration
Nine Levers to Build Brain Capital in the Workplace
MHI partnered with UsAgainstAlzheimer's (UsA2) and the Davos Alzheimer's Collaborative (DAC) to develop a unified model for brain health in the workplace that can help employers identify high-impact areas of opportunity for investing in employee brain health, across mental health, neurological health, and workplace performance.
Blog
Brain gain: How improving brain health benefits the economy
This article from MHI and the World Economic Forum explores the role that global leaders and individuals have to play in promoting brain capital and spurring the growth of the global brain economy.
Closing the women’s health gap
MHI and the World Economic Forum released the global health and business case for women’s health, paving the way for the formation of the Global Alliance for Women’s Health — an ecosystem of global leaders working to unlock the $1 trillion opportunity to improve lives and economies.
Report
Blueprint to close the women’s health gap: How to improve lives and economies for all
This report from MHI in collaboration with the World Economic Forum outlines the blueprint for stakeholders to take action in closing the women's health gap and building stronger economies – starting with 9 conditions that comprise one-third of the gap and make up a $400 billion annual return.
Report
The state of US women’s heart health: A path to improved health and financial outcomes
A report from MHI and the American Heart Association finds that closing the cardiovascular-disease gap between men and women could help women gain 1.6 million years of life lost due to poor health and early death, as well as boost the US economy by $28 billion annually by 2040.
Platform
Women’s Health Impact Tracking Platform
The Women's Health Impact Tracking (WHIT) platform is a first-of-its-kind global tool developed by the World Economic Forum, in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, to measure progress toward closing the women’s health gap.
Improving health equity & disability inclusion
MHI joined the Missing Billion Initiative in an effort to reduce the staggering 10- to 20-year life expectancy gap people with disabilities face compared to people without disabilities.
Blog
The “Missing Billion”: creating health equity through data for people with disabilities
McKinsey Health Institute is part of a global coalition committed to transforming health systems to be inclusive of people with disabilities—one piece of data at a time.
Video
Closing the gap in health data and equity with the Missing Billion Initiative
Watch this short documentary to learn how the McKinsey Health Institute is working with the Missing Billion Initiative to address health system challenges and close the gap in health data and equity.
Report
The missing billion: Lack of disability data impedes healthcare equity
Addressing the absence of health data on people with disabilities is the essential first step health systems and policy makers can take to reduce care inequity and improve outcomes for this population.
Creating healthy workforces
MHI and its ecosystem partners are providing the data, insights, and tools to enable employers to be a positive force in improving employee health and well-being — a $3.7 to $11.7 trillion opportunity globally.
Report
Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity and change lives
A report from MHI and the World Economic Forum highlights the business case for investing in employee health and outlines an action plan for employers to build a healthier workforce.
Press release
The McKinsey Health Institute and the World Economic Forum team up to support healthier workforces worldwide
As part of the World Economic Forum’s Healthy Workforces initiative, the McKinsey Health Institute further commits to improving holistic employee health and well-being.
Report
Prioritise People: The Next Step
This new report Prioritise People: The Next Step by Business in the Community (BITC), with research from McKinsey Health Institute (MHI), is a practical guide offering science-based measures and interventions that organisations, from large corporations to start-ups, can use to measure health and wellbeing initiatives.
Addressing antimicrobial resistance
MHI supports momentum globally to build a world that’s better prepared for health emergencies, including antimicrobial resistance, which could decrease annual global GDP by 1.1-3.8 percent by 2050 if left unmitigated.
Collaboration
The Trinity Challenge
McKinsey is one of the founding members of The Trinity Challenge (TTC), a partnership of over 40 leading global organizations across the private, public, and social sectors.
Media
The Time to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance is Now
The toll of superbugs capable of outwitting the current armory of treatments, including antibiotics, is accelerating.
Reducing the global disease burden with known interventions
MHI and its ecosystem partners are focused on extending and improving life by applying proven health strategies consistently and equitably across countries, systems, and populations – which could reduce the global disease burden by 40 percent.
Collaboration
Medicover
McKinsey Health Institute is collaborating with Medicover to leverage Scale What Works interactive and identify opportunities for positive impact on health in its service area.
Methodology
Health Intervention Impact Analysis Guide
This comprehensive tool serves as a critical resource for stakeholders aiming to optimize health outcomes through strategic intervention scaling.
Interactive
Scale what works: The benefits of proven health interventions
Interactive visualization showing the opportunity to extend and improve life through known health interventions.