• If health care systems don’t step up their prevention and monitoring programs, by 2048, NCDs (including heart disease, stroke, cancer, diabetes and chronic lung disease) are projected to cause 86% of global deaths.
• COVID-19 resulted in a staggering 336.8 million years of life lost worldwide.
• Globally, the health care sector is under pressure to reduce health care spending while increasing quality of care; hospital margins are currently declining.
• In the 21st century, more than ¼ of the world’s population has no access to essential medicines, and for more than 2 billion people meds may be unaffordable, inaccessible, or of poor or unregulated quality.
• The global AI in healthcare market is expected to grow to nearly $137 billion by 2029. The usage of AI-enabled tools could help increase the productivity of healthcare workers by 40%, on average.
• The telehealth market is estimated to reach $271.69 billion in 2026 at a CAGR of 27.6% The usage rate of telemedicine among patients increased from 11% to 46% during the pandemic, and 76% of patients stated they will continue to use these solutions in the future.

Sources: WHO, Deloitte, Forbes, CODEIT, DHR Global, McKinsey & Company.