A new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) has led to a decline in global life expectancy in 1.8 years between 2019 and 2021, the biggest decline in recent history.

According to the World Health Statistics 2025 report, the epidemic not only took life, but also severely affected the quality of life around the world.

The report has shown that cases of anxiety and depression have increased during epidemic, which cuts healthy life expectancy globally for six weeks.

These mental health issues eradicated many earlier benefits in reducing deaths due to chronic diseases like diabetes, cancer and heart disease.

Health progress has slowed around the world

The report shows a mixed picture of health progress in the report. While some progress has been made, such as 1.4 billion more people remain healthy people due to low tobacco use, better air quality and improvement in water and hygiene, there is a worrying slowdown in other areas.

Access to essential health services has not improved rapidly. Only 431 million more people were capable of obtaining necessary health services without facing financial difficulty, and just 637 million had better security than health emergency conditions.

This number is reduced by global health goals and shows stress health systems still according to what.

Delivery and child death is still a concern

The report warns that the deaths of maternal and child are not decreasing rapidly. While great progress was made between 2000 and 2023, more than 40% and more than five deaths fell with maternal death, this progress has now stopped.

WHO researchers indicated it for intervals in important services such as low-funded healthcare systems, lack of trained employees and important services such as vaccination and safe delivery.

If immediate action is not taken, the report is warned, the world can see an additional 700,000 maternal deaths and 8 million children under 5 years of age and between 2030.

Chronic diseases are now a major cause of death

Diseases such as heart disease, stroke, cancer and diabetes, known as non-communicable diseases, are now the main causes of death in people under 70 globally.

These deaths are increasing due to aging population and poor lifestyle habits. While the use of tobacco and alcohol has decreased in recent years, more efforts are required to address rising non-communicable deaths and air pollution, which remains one of the top preventive killers.

Lack of mental health, health worker is still a challenge

The mental health conditions continue to progress global health. At the same time, the world is facing an estimated reduction of 11.1 million health workers by 2030, especially in Africa and Eastern Mediterranean region.

Who said that the construction of strong health systems depends on correcting this deficiency and investing in trained medical staff.

Infectious disease progression uneven

There has been progress in reducing new cases of HIV, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases.

However, malaria cases have been growing since 2015, and antimicrobial resistance remains a major public health threat.

The rate of childhood vaccination still does not bounce back at pre-coved levels, risking many young lives.

Basic issues such as malnutrition, insecure situation and polluted air damage health, especially in low -income countries.

Who also warned that international assistance cuts may reduce the progress made in recent decades.

“This report shows that the world is failing to check its health,” Dr. Sameera Asma said, which is Assistant Director General-General. “But it also shows that progress is possible if countries work quickly and make smart investments.”

Who is urging governments to work with urgency, improve health systems, ensure access to essential services, and invest in reliable health data to make better decisions. Without strong and timely action, the world is far behind its health goals.

“There is a person behind every data point, a child who did not reach his fifth birthday, lost a mother in delivery, a life shorter life, a short life,” who said.

“These are avoidable tragedy,” he said.