Despite hundreds of millions of people around the world living with mental disorders, mental health has remained in the shadows, this is not just a public health issue - it's a development issue. We need to act now because the lost productivity is something the global economy simply cannot afford.

Jim Yong Kim

Jim Yong Kim MD, PhD, also known as Kim Yong (; born December 8, 1959), is a Korean American physician and anthropologist who has been the 12th President of the World Bank since July 1 2012. He was President of Dartmouth College from 2009 to 2012. He was formerly the Chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and a co-founder and executive director of Partners In Health.

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