These videos explain the Listings of Societal Issues in an easy-to-understand way. Each societal issue is discussed for about 10 minutes, covering the problems, issues, and technological and regulatory trends of each topic.
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Wellness, 2021 Edition
①Increased medical costs due to lifestyle-related diseases
The voluntary stay-at-home and work from home under the COVID-19 pandemic have reduced people’s physical activities and increased the risk of lifestyle-related diseases.It is important to have mechanisms that encourage behavioral change to improve lifestyles.
②Insufficient access to medical and nursing services
The uneven geographic distribution of doctors and clinical nurses and the deterioration of working environments are major societal problems in Japan. From the perspective of SDGs, it is also important to consider how to prevent neonatal deaths in developing countries.
③Intensifying shortage of care workers
In Japan, the postwar baby-boom generation will all reach the age of 75 or older in 2025, resulting in the shortage of care workers. It is necessary to expand science-based nursing care to enhance productivity while ensuring quality.
④Increase in the number of people suffering from mental illness
The number of people suffering from mental illness is increasing both in Japan and overseas. Support ranging from prevention and detection of early signals to treatment and rehabilitation is important.
⑤Increasing health risks for women
The increasing empowerment of women in society has been accompanied by health risks growing in scope of impact and number of cases, especially for working women. There is growing attention being given to femtech and gendered innovations.
⑥Worsening harm caused by loneliness and isolation
Loneliness and isolation are becoming severe societal problems and are called syndemics, a coined word combining synergy and epidemic, as they both increase mental and physical health risks as they become pervasive. This video covers various measures coping with loneliness both in Japan and overseas.
⑦Frequent and severe pandemics
The infectious disease COVID-19 has become a pandemic, causing tremendous damage worldwide. There is still a risk of new types of infectious diseases. The increase of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has also become a serious concern.