Dr. Shyam Bishen is a senior healthcare executive with over 25 years of global experience in healthcare public-private partnership, strategy development, M&A, and business development. He comes to the Forum from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Seattle where he was a regional/deputy director for seven years and was responsible for partnering to harness advances in healthcare to save lives. Before moving to Gates Foundation, he spent more than 20 years in private sector, and most recently headed up emerging markets strategy & innovation at Merck (MSD) in New Jersey as vice president and general manager. Prior to joining the corporate sector, Dr. Bishen was in academia and worked as an Assistant Professor at the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. He is qualified with a Ph.D. from the University of Newcastle and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
A new report from the UNICEF-led Global Coalition for Youth Mental Health reveals a striking paradox: Gen Z is highly engaged with global news and issues, motivated by a strong sense of r...
A newly emerging COVID-19 variant is gaining ground globally and has been classified as a “variant under monitoring” by the World Health Organization (WHO). NB.1.8.1 now accounts for over...
「世界経済フォーラム」は5月20、21の両日、スイス・ジュネーブでフォーラムとしては初めてとなる「年次ヘルス・ラウンドテーブル」を開催。「グローバルヘルス」をめぐる課題に携わる様々な関係者が集まり、連携を模索しながら重要な課題について議論しました。世界経済フォーラムの「ヘルスとヘルスケア部門長」であるシャム・ビシェンが、グローバルヘルスが直面する課題を解説します。
World Health Organization (WHO) Member States have formally adopted a global pandemic agreement, aiming to strengthen international cooperation and make the world safer from future pandem...
La atención sanitaria necesita nuevos modelos de financiación y, con ello, nuevas formas de colaboración, tolerancia al riesgo y visión a largo plazo – cualidades que a menudo faltan en l...
As economic uncertainty mounts and tariffs affect trade around the world, global supply chains continue to face increased pressure. Much attention has been paid to solutions such as diver...
Los casos de sarampión siguen en aumento. El año pasado se registraron 127.350 casos en Europa, el doble que en 2023 y la cifra más alta en más de 25 años. Hasta mayo de 2025, se han repo...
Healthcare needs new funding models and with this, new forms of collaboration, risk tolerance and long-term thinking – qualities often in short supply in traditional funding architectures.
Rising global temperatures will accelerate the spread of a fungus responsible for millions of infections and up to 2.5 million deaths globally each year, scientists warn.
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Older adults respond just as well to immune checkpoint inhibitors – drugs that help the immune system better target cancer cells – as younger patients, according to a new study published ...
La seguridad sanitaria mundial se enfrenta a importantes déficits de financiación, con una necesidad estimada de 10 500 millones de dólares al año para reforzar las capacidades preparació...
"One preventable death every seven seconds during pregnancy or childbirth" was the stark headline issued by the United Nations (UN) ahead of this year's World Health Day on 7 April.
Los casos de sarampión están aumentando. El año pasado se registraron 127 350 casos en toda Europa, el doble que en 2023 y la cifra más alta en más de 25 años. Mientras que, en EstadosUni...
Global health security faces significant funding gaps, with an estimated $10.5 billion per year needed to strengthen preparedness, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, a new ...
