Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
Director-General's foreword
Executive Overview
Progress towards meeting the triple billion targets, a milestone to the Sustainable Development Goals
The world is off track to reach most of the triple billion targets and the health-related Sustainable Development Goals. However, with concrete concerted action to accelerate progress, a substantive subset of them could still be achieved.
Impact on the ground
How WHO is achieving impact where it matters most
- Improved access to quality essential health services irrespective of gender, age or disability status
- Countries enabled to provide high-quality, people-centred health services, based on primary health care strategies and comprehensive essential service packages
Working together
Explore the progress
Improved access to quality essential health services irrespective of gender, age or disability status
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Reduced number of people suffering financial hardship
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Improved access to essential medicines, vaccines, diagnostics and devices for primary health care
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Countries prepared for health emergencies
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Epidemics and pandemics prevented
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Health emergencies rapidly detected and responded to
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Safe and equitable societies through addressing health determinants
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Supportive and empowering societies through addressing health risk factors
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Healthy environments to promote health and sustainable societies
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Strengthened country capacity in data and innovation
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Strengthened leadership, governance and advocacy for health
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Financial, human, and administrative resources managed in an efficient, effective, results-oriented and transparent manner
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