https://fixthenews.com/p/315-shell-shocked-a-new-era-of-global
"A sweeping new analysis in
The Lancet of 204 countries shows that between
2021 and 2023, COVID-19 fell from the world’s leading cause of death to the
20th, and life expectancy rebounded beyond pre-pandemic levels in nearly
two-thirds of nations. Since 2010, humanity’s overall burden of disease has
dropped 12.6%, and deaths from the world’s deadliest infectious illnesses, such
as tuberculosis, diarrhoea, HIV, malaria and pneumonia, have plunged by between
35% and 60%.
These extraordinary gains are the dividend of decades of work: mass
vaccination, maternal and neonatal care, community health workers, and global
institutions like the WHO, Gavi, and the Global Fund, which have made basic
health infrastructure nearly universal. The result is an unprecedented baseline
of human resilience. Even a once-in-a-century pandemic couldn’t derail it.
For the first time in our species’ history, infectious disease is not the
dominant threat. Instead, non-communicable conditions (diabetes, heart disease,
cancer, obesity) are now our biggest problem, and rising, especially in low-
and middle-income countries, whose health systems have been designed for
contagion, not chronic care. Climate change is adding new pressures, from
heat-related illness to malnutrition and vector-borne diseases.
The lesson of
The Lancet report is not that progress has stalled, but that it
is being recalibrated. Humanity is healthier than it has ever been. The
defining challenge of global health now is how to sustain and build upon that
success."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
