In 2015, the United Nations set forth an ambitious blueprint for global progress: the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These interconnected objectives will promote peace, prosperity, and health for people and the planet by 2030.
Among them, Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being stands out as a fundamental pillar. At its core, Goal 3 recognizes that health is not merely the absence of disease but the presence of conditions that allow individuals to thrive mentally, physically, and socially.
Within Goal 3 lies a more specific mandate: Target 3.4. This target commits the global community to reducing premature mortality from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) by one-third by 2030 through prevention and treatment, and to promote mental health and well-being.
This is where our flagship platform, BrainDash, enters the conversation.
Mental illness is one of the most pervasive and under-addressed components of the global health crisis. It’s often called the “invisible epidemic” because its impacts are profound, yet hidden. Consider this:
These facts underscore a painful truth: we are intervening too late.
Traditional approaches to mental health in education are focused on crisis response. But when a child walks into a counselor’s office, the window for the most effective intervention has often closed. This reactive system is not just ineffective — it is unsustainable.
BrainDash is the first predictive mental health early warning system for schools. It’s not a treatment or diagnostic tool — it’s something fundamentally different. BrainDash empowers schools to see risk before it becomes a crisis.
BrainDash builds a longitudinal picture of each student’s mental wellness by leveraging clinical-grade biomarkers, validated assessments, and AI-driven analytics. It monitors modifiable factors such as sleep, stress, coping skills, social behavior, and more — the very same variables identified in The Lancet’s 2024 global prevention framework as key to reducing lifelong risk of mental illness.
By addressing these upstream factors early and consistently, we enable schools to:
To achieve SDG Target 3.4, we must rethink the mental health value chain. Treatment matters, but prevention is the multiplier. According to research, prevention reduces suffering, increases system efficiency, and delivers outsized returns on investment — 6x ROI on school-based mental illness prevention programs.
BrainDash doesn’t just complement this vision — it operationalizes it. It brings global health policy off the page and into the day-to-day reality of educators, students, and families. It provides the tools, data, and guidance needed to build a new kind of mental health infrastructure: scalable, equitable, and evidence-based.
We believe this is how global change happens — not just in the halls of the UN, but in classrooms, cafeterias, and counselor’s offices around the world.
Mental illness isn’t waiting until 2030. It’s already reshaping lives, limiting potential, and costing society trillions in lost productivity, healthcare costs, and human suffering.
BrainDash is our answer to this crisis.
By aligning with UN SDG 3.4, we’re not just building a company. We’re building a movement — a coalition of educators, scientists, technologists, and families who believe that the future of mental health starts with prevention.
We invite you to join us in this mission. Because when we prevent mental illness before it starts, we don’t just save lives.
We unleash them.