Oliver Wyman February 3, 2021
KEY TAKEAWAY
With good momentum of digital engagement coupled with a renewed need to focus on health promotion, now is an opportune time to rethink health promotion and the role of data and technology. #OWHealth
Since the advent of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), people’s general healthcare, health, and wellness behaviors have changed drastically. In the meantime, people are living longer. Global average life expectancy, for example, has increased by 5.5 years to age 72 over the past two decades – the fastest increase since the 1960s. Despite this significant progress, health risks remain as a health and wellness “pandemic” continues: a rise of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease and cancer and their corresponding health risk factors. NCDs...