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Global Policy Engagement Quarterly Update for May 2019
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and China's Hainan Province signed a memorandum of understanding that will serve as a foundation for cooperation in the fields of health. The agreement establishes a strategic partnership that will drive Hainan Province’s medical and health industries to achieve breakthroughs in the development and promotion of market-based healthcare solutions. It will also introduce U.S.
This statement is issued by the signatory organisations listed below and not by the Global Business Coalition, as an organisation
Companies are increasingly aware of the need to compete based on the efficiency of their resource use.
This report estimates the economic cost of health-related productivity losses, profiling eighteen countries, ranging from industrialized markets such as the United States and Japan, to developing markets such as Kenya and Indonesia.
This report provides estimates of the economic cost due to productivity losses arising from absenteeism, presenteeism and early retirement due to ill health. For South Africa, these losses equate to a total of 6.7% of GDP in 2015 as shown in Table ES 1, increasing to 7.0% of GDP by 2030.
The World Health Organization predicts NCDs will become the leading cause of death in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030. Productivity losses related to ill health cost South Africa 6.7% GDP a year, rising to 7.0% GDP by 2030.
This report provides estimates of the economic cost due to productivity losses arising from absenteeism, presenteeism and early retirement due to ill health. For Saudi Arabia, these losses equate to a total of 9.7% of GDP by 2030 as shown in Table ES1. This is the largest impact of any of the countries included in this study as comparator countries. The majority are middle income developing countries from around the globe, although the US, Japan and Singapore are also included.
This report provides estimates of the economic cost due to productivity losses arising from absenteeism, presenteeism and early retirement due to ill health. For Jiangsu, these losses equate to a total of 5.3% of GDP in 2015, as shown in Table ES 1, increasing to 6.3% of GDP by 2030.
