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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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Latest Impact & Insights

MHI is catalyzing progress in historically underinvested areas.
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Case Study - Health in Cities

Scaling mental health where life happens: Helping Santiago thrive across the lifespan

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Across the Chilean capital, a quiet mental health crisis is unfolding—from anxious teens to isolated seniors. Healthy Santiago is reshaping care by bringing it into everyday spaces through trusted community members—restoring connection, dignity, and hope while proving that compassionate, scalable solutions can transform lives and strengthen communities.
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Report - Brain Health
The future is shared: Financing task-sharing programs in mental health
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Mental health task sharing has demonstrated clinical effectiveness and potential for widespread system impact, but achieving sustained financing will influence whether programs can scale and endure.
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Interactive - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: The return to better health, by country
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Explore how improving population health could deliver meaningful gains in healthy life and economic performance across countries.
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Report - McKinsey Health Institute
The health of nations: Stronger health, stronger economies
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Poor health imposes a heavy human and economic toll. Scaling proven interventions could add nine healthy years to life and deliver $12.5 trillion in global economic gains by 2050.

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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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