The World Health Organization (WHO) has released the World Health Statistics Report 2026, its yearly compilation of global health indicators published since 2005. The report finds that progress on health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is uneven and too slow to reach the 2030 targets. Global malaria incidence has risen by 8.5% since 2015, even though HIV infections, tuberculosis and neglected tropical diseases declined between 2010 and 2024. About 2 billion people still used polluting cooking fuels and technologies in 2024. As of 2022, around 1.6 billion people lived in or were pushed into poverty by health costs, and nearly one-fourth of humanity faced hardship from out-of-pocket spending.