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Every institution, every leader, and every person has an important role to play in advancing human health.

The McKinsey Health Institute (MHI) is an enduring, non-profit-generating institute within the firm. It was founded on the conviction that, over the next decade, humanity could add as much as 45 billion extra years of higher-quality life. Our mission is to catalyze the actions and investment needed across continents, sectors, and communities to realize this possibility. In collaboration with a robust ecosystem of organizations, we work to catalyze impact across historically underinvested areas of health. We do this by convening and activating leaders; advancing research; creating and promoting data and tools; and stimulating investment and innovation.

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MHI is catalyzing progress in historically underinvested areas.
Three smiling friends, who are slightly heavyset, are climbing a grassy hill. One friend is assisting the other to stand up from a sitting position. The view from the top of the hill offers a peaceful ocean scene bathed in golden sunlight.
Report - Metabolic Health

The path toward a metabolic health revolution

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The advent of weight management drugs such as GLP-1s have brought the treatment of obesity to the forefront of public attention, provoking a larger opportunity to work toward metabolic health for all.
Report - Health Worker Capacity
Heartbeat of health: Reimagining the healthcare workforce of the future
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Closing the healthcare worker shortage gap could eliminate 7 percent of the global disease burden and add $1.1 trillion to the global economy.
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Report - Women's Health
Blueprint to close the women’s health gap: How to improve lives and economies for all
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Women experience substantial health inequities and poor health outcomes worldwide, and the global economy suffers as a result.
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Report - Healthy Workforces
Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity and change lives
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Investing in holistic employee health can create almost $12 trillion in global economic value.

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Focus areas and initiatives

MHI convenes, collaborates, and advances research with stakeholders across seven historically underinvested areas of health.

Featured initiatives

Health in Cities
Health in Cities
More than half of all people live in cities — by 2050, this number is expected to rise to 70 percent. Cities are where key drivers of health play out, making them a hub of opportunity to advance health globally.
MHI Focus Area - Women’s Health
Women’s Health
Closing the women’s health gap to improve women’s quality of life and drive positive impact throughout society.

Focus areas

McKinsey Health Institute brain health
Brain Health
Helping people across the world achieve the best possible brain health by strengthening cognitive function, improving mental health, and effectively preventing and treating mental, neurological, and substance use disorders
McKinsey Health Institute healthy longevity
Healthy Longevity
Reimagining global societal structures to cultivate flourishing lives from early age to older adulthood, ensuring more years are spent living in good health
McKinsey Health Institute employee health
Healthy Workforces
Improving the holistic health and well-being of employees, their families, and their communities
McKinsey Health Institute equity womens health
Equity and Health
Identifying, measuring, and addressing health inequities across countries, cultures, and communities, including women and individuals with disabilities
McKinsey Health Institute healthcare workers
Health Worker Capacity
Increasing healthcare worker capacity through better use of technology and other process and policy innovations
McKinsey Health Institute sustainability
Sustainability and Health
Understanding and addressing the deep connections between health and the environment—to maintain and improve current and future health of those affected by pollution and climate change
McKinsey Health Institute infectious disease
Infectious Diseases
Equitably and consistently applying proven strategies as well as novel approaches and collaborations across countries, systems, and populations to reduce suffering and death from infectious diseases

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