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The institutions and approaches that have until against some of humanity’s biggest killers.
now enabled health progress across the world Meanwhile, new vulnerabilities threaten to undo
are straining under gathering pressures and the dramatic gains in wellness and prosperity
seem outmatched against new risks. that health systems have supported over the
last century. Non-communicable diseases
Health systems around the world are at risk of (NCDs)—such as cardiovascular diseases
becoming unfit for purpose. Changing societal, or mental illness—have replaced infectious
environmental, demographic and technological diseases as the leading cause of death.
patterns are straining their capacity. Vaccine As existing health risks resurge and new
hesitancy and drug resistance are undermining ones emerge, humanity’s past successes
progress against pandemics, making it in overcoming health challenges are no
increasingly difficult to land the final blow guarantee of future results.
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