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Future Health Calls for a Shift from Reactive Care to Anticipatory Health Ahead of Abu Dhabi Summit 2026
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 8 October 2026: Health systems must become better at anticipating risk and acting before illness escalates, Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi highlighted at a media briefing, hosted by The Department of Health – Abu Dhabi (DoH), ahead of the Abu Dhabi Future Health Summit 2026. As …
Future Health Convenes Global Health Leaders at UNGA to Advance Health System Transformation at Scale
High-level dialogue explored how predictive and preventive health systems can deliver better health outcomes worldwide. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 26 September 2026: Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi convened Ministers, senior government representatives, and global health leaders in New York on the sidelines of the 81st Session of the United Nations …
New analysis estimates modifiable health risks represent $16.4 trillion annual global GDP opportunity in 2050
A new whitepaper by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi, in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute, estimates that eliminating modifiable health risks could deliver substantial health and economic benefits Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 23 September 2026: Addressing behavioural, metabolic and environmental health risks could generate an estimated $16.4 trillion in …
Future Health Joins MIT’s BioConvergence Cancer Alliance
(Media Alert: 7 July 2026): Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi announced that it has joined the BioConvergence Cancer Alliance as a Founding Member. Established by the Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the Alliance brings together leading organisations committed together with academia to accelerate …
Future Health Whitepaper: Abu Dhabi’s Longevity Blueprint
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 24 June 2026 – Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi has released a new whitepaper titled “The Future of Longevity: Extending Healthspan – How Abu Dhabi is building a longevity-first health ecosystem”, and is focused on one of the defining global health challenges of our time: how …
Future Health Awards $300K at World Health Assembly
Global teams recognised in the Future Health Challenge for solutions designed to detect health risks earlier and support faster health system decisions Geneva, Switzerland, 22 May 2026: Three global teams developing early detection and real-time population health monitoring solutions have secured a total of USD 300,000 on the sidelines of the 79th World Health Assembly. …
Insights
The Future of Healthy Living – A $16.4 trillion opportunity
Explore The Future of Healthy Living: A $16.4 Trillion Opportunity, a whitepaper by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi, developed in collaboration with the McKinsey Health Institute. Combining new global analysis with lessons from Abu Dhabi and other geographies, the report examines the health and economic opportunity of addressing modifiable risk factors and …
Designing Resilient Health Systems That Endure
Dr Asma Al Mannaei, Executive Director of the Health Life Sciences Sector at Department of Health – Abu Dhabi The most resilient health systems are not the ones that respond best in times of disruption, they’re the ones designed so that when disruption occurs, care continues and communities remain protected. Systems continue to struggle with …
How Can AI Help Stop the Next Global Disease Outbreak Before It Kills Millions?
H.E. Dr. Noura Khamis Al Ghaithi, Undersecretary of Department of Health – Abu Dhabi The health tech to catch the next worldwide pandemic early is already in place, but will governments and health systems adopt it? Across a network of front-line healthcare facilities in Zambia, health workers used a mobile app to be guided by …
The Future of Longevity: Abu Dhabi’s Healthspan Ecosystem
Explore The Future of Longevity-Extending Healthspan: How Abu Dhabi is building a longevity-first health ecosystem, a white paper by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi and its Partners, co-authored with Knowledge Contributor EY. Using Abu Dhabi as a model for analysis, the report examines the building blocks of a longevity-first health ecosystem and the partnerships needed to help translate scientific progress …
Celebrating Global Innovation at the Future Health Challenge
The Future Health Challenge 2026 attracted 393 submissions from innovators across 68 countries, reflecting growing global momentum behind more anticipatory approaches to healthcare. Built around the theme “Building Anticipatory Health Systems through Population Sensing”, the Challenge invited participants to explore how health systems can identify risk earlier, improve equitable access to care, and strengthen long-term …
Future Health Challenge 2026: From Innovation to Impact
The Future Health Challenge 2026 offers a powerful indication of the potential of anticipatory healthcare solutions, with submissions already demonstrating measurable impact across a range of healthcare priorities and real-world operating environments. Delivered by Future Health – A Global Initiative by Abu Dhabi in collaboration with MIT Solve, the Future Health Challenge: Building Anticipatory Health …