The state of the world in 2022 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) is happening in 17-21 January 2022 at Davos. The Global Risks Report 2022 and other key areas of the agenda will be discussed.
The Key Agenda of WEF22 will be around the following topics and has participation from key world leaders including chinese and Indian PM among the others.
- It’s time to shift to net-zero emissions plastics
- How social innovators have improved the lives of over 722 million
- 2 tech trends that will shape networks and the future of connectivity
- 3 imperatives to accelerate the world’s sustainable recovery
- How to address digital safety in the metaverse
- How South Asia can seize the opportunity to build a resilient and sustainable future
1) Mental Health & Its impact
Clearly the impact on Covid-19 on mental health resonated across all key areas of the economies. We were able to observe mental health funding was the highest among the sectors that got funded in 2021.
Mental health is as important as physical health – identified as part of Ipsos top 10 Covid learnings as part of this ongoing pandemic.
Through one global public health crisis, another was revealed, as many say their personal health situation worsened, experiencing mental health challenges for the first time. Levels of reported anxiety are higher than ever, with women hit hardest and young people more likely to “languish.” Now, 79% of people worldwide say their mental health is as important as their physical health. As investment in mental health services is only a fraction of overall health spending, a more serious conversation to address this crisis is due.
2) Technology Giants building interoperable layers of the healthcare
We have covered this extensively across our earlier work which can be found here on Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft. Their influence on the digital health will echo far higher than the unicorns in digital health.
3) The impact of Artificial Intelligence in Digital Health
- The global COVID-19 crisis has acted as a world-wide accelerator for the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives.
- The ethics and governance of AI systems are unclear.
- We need to advance in three main issues to make a real impact.
A detailed tool kit empoweing the c-suite leaders need to be aware of and question the credibility of these AI models and ethical use of them in their businesses will be critical as we move forwad.
Finally, measuring the impact on world economic forum that cuts across industrial and policital barriers needs to support from various.
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