Healthcare in a Changing Climate 2025

Unmet needs range across prevention, diagnosis and treatment FIGURE 1 1. Generalized anxiety disorder; 2. Rapid diagnostic test Source: World Economic Forum and Oliver Wyman analysis of current literature supplemented through expert interview.Implementing r eal-time monitoring for population managementDeveloping pr eventive pharmacological solutions Using wearables as heat sensors Implementing asthma risk surveillance and war ning systemsModifying underlying disease Creating patient-friendly alternatives to inhaler treatmentsDeveloping definitive diagnostics Predicting asthma exacerbations and supporting self- managementInnovating on interventions to pr event initial onsetDeveloping long-acting treatments Addr essing tr eatment- resistant hypertensionPrevention Diagnosis Treatment Technology and services Stunting Generalized anxiety disor der PTSD Malaria Expanding vaccination for adults Ensuring durability and reliable efficacy of children’s vaccineProviding sufficient supply of diagnostics Impr oving RDT2 sensitivity Developing cheaper , easier diagnostics Impr oving ser ological and molecular diagnostics Dengue Hypertension Heat-r elated diseases AsthmaCreating vaccines and interventions to pr event malabsorption Assessing and impr oving impact of interventions on cognitive development Developing tools for early detection Implementing point-of- care nutritional deficiency testing Tailoring education, nutrition, and psychosocial interventions Scaling low-water sanitation solutions Exploring potential of preventive pharmacological solutions Developing post-trauma interventions to pr event onset Continuing roll-out of vaccines efficacious across all serotypes of dengue Development of single dose vaccines to improve adherence Identifying genetic and biological risk markersIncreasing accuracy and speed of in-office diagnosis Impr oving at-home monitoring Developing rapid, point- of-car e diagnostic toolsDeveloping targeted treatmentsCreating definitive diagnostics that captur e disease heter ogeneity Creating definitive diagnostics that captur e disease heter ogeneity Creating safer interventions for treatment-r esistant GAD1 Scaling ef fective digital therapeutics Developing impr oved alternatives to psychotherapy Developing strategy for multi-drug r esistance Developing antiviral therapy Integrating digital tools for real-time monitoring Impr oving desalination technologyScaling ef fective digital therapeutics Identifying high-risk populations and individuals Collecting mor e diverse data sets Identifying high-risk populations and individuals Collecting mor e diverse data sets Integrating digital tools for real-time monitoring Impr oving data and reporting tools Addr essing mater nal health Healthcare in a Changing Climate: Investing in Resilient Solutions 10