To safeguard our future, Asia Pacific markets need to invest in health Dorthe Mikkelsen MSD
Dorthe Mikkelsen is the president of Asia Pacific at MSD, a leading pharmaceutical company.
Mikkelsen thinks healthcare needs to be treated as an investment, rather than a cost, in order to be truly sustainable.
Because of her work, Insider named Mikkelsen to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming healthcare in Asia.
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The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how vital health is to our shared economic prosperity, causing global GDP to decline 4.4% in 2020. Yet research by McKinsey has shown that reducing the global disease burden could add $12 trillion to global GDP by 2040, with $4 in economic return for each $1 invested. This improvement in health could play a meaningful role in the world s long-term economic recovery.
Robots are increasingly finding their way into the workforce in a variety of sectors
Kentaro Yoshifuji of OryLab is one of a number of entrepreneurs experimenting in the avatar robot field
Yohsifuji believes robots can help people with physical disabilities participate more in society
Because of his work, Insider named Yoshifuji to our annual list of the 10 leaders transforming healthcare in Asia
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This summer a different kind of restaurant is expecting to open its doors to customers in Tokyo. Unlike regular eateries, patrons at the Dawn Avatar Robot Café will be served by an unusual waiting staff – fully functional 120 centimeter-tall robots.