From 2019 to 2020, coverage of infant immunization slipped from 86 per cent to 83 per cent.By the end of 2020, at least one NTD had been eliminated in 42 countries.The number of people requiring neglected tropical diseases (NTD) treatment and care declined from 2.19 billion in 2010 to 1.73 billion in 2020.About two thirds of the additional deaths were linked to disruptions in the provision of malaria services during the pandemic.In 2020, 627,000 people died from malaria, with cases estimated to have reached 241 million.Between 20, TB treatment reached 20 million people, only half of the global target.TB deaths increased from 1.2 million in 2019 to 1.3 million in 2020 due to disruptions associated with the pandemic.The incidence of HIV infections globally declined by 39 per cent between 20, far less than the 75 per cent target agreed to by the General Assembly in 2016.

In 2020, an estimated 1.5 million people were newly diagnosed with HIV and 680,000 people died of AIDS-related causes.The universal health coverage improved from a global average of 45 out of 100 in 2000 to 64 in 2015 and then 67 in 2019.From 2010 to 2020, the adolescent birth rate dropped from 47.9 births to 41.2 births per 1,000 adolescents aged 15 to 19.5 million children died before reaching their fifth birthday in 2020 alone, down from 5.9 million in 2015.The global mortality rate of children under age 5 fell by 14 per cent from 2015 to 2020.In 2015–2021, an estimated 84 per cent of births were assisted by skilled health professionals, an increase from 77 per cent in 2008–2014.In 2020, the global prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by an estimated 25 per cent, with young people and women most affected.Between January 2020 and May 2021, the pandemic may have claimed the lives of 115,500 health and care workers worldwide.As of May 2022, more than 80 per cent of people had received at least one dose of a vaccine in high-income countries but the proportion is only about 17 per cent in low-income countries.Interruptions in essential health services were reported in 92 per cent of 129 countries surveyed at the end of 2021.

In 20, 14.9 million people were estimated to have died due to COVID-19 and its impact on health systems and society.

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