Trained as a nutritionist, Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Porto University; Master’s in Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Formerly: worked at national level on developing and implementing health promotion policies with the Ministry of Health in Portugal and the Institute of Preventive Medicine of the University of Lisbon; worked with the World Health Organization Headquarters on global guidelines and policy development for noncommunicable diseases. Currently, Head of System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare and Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum. The System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Health and Healthcare provides a dynamic platform for leading businesses, governments, civil society organizations and world class experts to shape the global health agenda; co-design and accelerate the implementation of collaborative approaches that transform the health ecosystem – across prevention, diagnosis, treatment, cure and maintenance of health; and ultimately enables populations to live healthier lives and have access to the care they need when they need it.
This year's Nobel prize for Medicine was awarded to the three scientists – Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton and Charles M. Rice – who discovered the hepatitis C virus. Globally, 71 milli...
At least half the world’s population still do not have full coverage of essential health services and every year, over 100 million people are pushed into extreme poverty because they have...
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One in four people in the world will be affected by mental ill health at some point in their lives, according to estimates. Currently, about 450 million people are living with mental diso...
With just over 4,000 days left to transform our world and achieve the goals set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, there is a very real possibility that we could fall sho...
The facts are simple: obesity is a crisis for the world.
This year marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest epidemic in history - the 1918 Spanish Influenza outbreak, which killed around 50 million people.
At least half the world’s population still do not have full coverage of essential health services.
If we are to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, governments and businesses will need to develop long-term strategies that take the goals seriously as time-bound, quantitat...
Una buena salud mental permite a las personas desarrollar todo su potencial, hacer frente a las tensiones normales de la vida, trabajar de manera productiva y contribuir con sus comunidad...
良好的心理健康状况可以让人们充分释放自身潜能，处理好生活压力，高效工作，同时为所在社区做出贡献。然而，与日俱增的精神疾病负担却远远超出了我们的想象。全球有25%的人可能会在人生某个节点受到精神疾病的困扰。据估计，患有抑郁症的人群高达三亿人，这相当于全球总人口的4.4%，而每年自杀的人数也有八十万之多。
Good mental health enables people to realize their full potential, cope with the normal stresses of life, work productively, and contribute to their communities. However the growing burde...
Diabetes affects over 415 million people in the world. In 2012, diabetes was the direct cause of 1.5 million deaths. Meanwhile, more than 80% of diabetes deaths occur in low- and middle-i...
