The World Health Organization (WHO) recently published its World Health Statistics Report 2025, revealing the more profound health impacts on loss of lives, longevity, and overall health and well-being.
As of May 15, 2025, this WHO report presents mixed progress toward the WHO’s Triple Billion targets. An estimated 1.4 billion more people were living healthier by the end of 2024, surpassing the 1 billion target.
The major contributors to the 5.4-year pre-pandemic increase in global healthy life expectancy at birth between 2000 (58.1 years) and 2019 (63.5 years) were mortality reduction from communicable and perinatal conditions among children under 5 years, and from noncommunicable diseases among those 30 years and older.
For example, HIV and TB incidence rates are falling, and…