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Healthier Lives Scorecard
https://scorecard.worldbank.org/en/outcomes/healthier-lives
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Tracking Universal Health Coverage (UHC): 2025 Global Monitoring Report
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/universalhealthcoverage/publication/2025-global-monitoring-report-gmr
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Budget Execution in Health: From Bottlenecks to Solutions
https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/health/publication/budget-execution-in-health-from-bottlenecks-to-solutions
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Bend the Emissions Curve
Universal Health Coverage (UHC) High-Level Forum 2025
Watch a recorded livestream of this global knowledge-sharing event.
https://live.worldbank.org/en/event/2025/healthworks-universal-health-coverage-high-level-forum
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https://live.worldbank.org/en/event/2025/healthworks-universal-health-coverage-high-level-forum
Building Human Capital and Measuring Progress
https://live.worldbank.org/en/event/2026/building-human-capital-measuring-progress
February 12, 2026 | Virtual
AI & the Future of Human Capital in the Global South: A World Bank-George Washington University Knowledge Symposium
https://www.worldbank.org/en/events/2025/09/29/ai-future-human-capital-global-south-george-washington-university-knowledge-symposium
September 29, 2025 | Washington, D.C.

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Progress Toward 1.5 Billion Health Care Goal Advances as Countries Adopt National Health Compacts
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/12/06/national-health-compacts-reforms-expand-affordable-care-create-jobs-boost-economic-growth
December 6, 2025
Gavi and World Bank Group Deepen Collaboration to Boost Health System Resilience and Regional Vaccine Manufacturing
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/12/06/gavi-wbg-collaboration-boosts-health-system-resilience-regional-vaccine-manufacturing
December 6, 2025
World Bank Group and the Global Fund Join Forces to Strengthen Health Systems and Expand Sustainable Health Financing
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2025/12/06/wbg-global-fund-strengthen-health-care-systems-sustainable-health-financing
December 6, 2025
World Bank Group Aims to Expand Health Services to 1.5 Billion People
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2024/04/18/expanding-health-services-to-1-5-billion-people
April 18, 2024

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Health Works: Creating Jobs & Economic Growth Through Quality Care
Good health empowers people, creates jobs, and drives economic growth.
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Bringing Health Closer: Dr. Marthalisa’s Journey Serving Remote Papua
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlwbcrmgMzg
November 21, 2025
How Paraguay Transformed National Healthcare Access in 3 Just Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCJLotJQCuQ
November 23, 2025
Nurses as Advocates: Adeyinka, a Health Care Hero Transforming Lives in Nigeria
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2025/10/10/health-works-nurses-as-advocates-adeyinka-a-health-care-hero-transforming-lives-in-nigeria
October 16, 2025
Supporting Mothers: An OB-GYN’s Journey from Prenatal Care to Childbirth in El Salvador
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2025/10/10/health-works-supporting-mothers-an-ob-gyn-s-journey-from-prenatal-care-to-childbirth-in-el-salvador
October 16, 2025
I Work for Babies: Beatrice, a Health Care Hero and Neonatal Nurse in Kenya
https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/video/2025/10/10/health-works-i-work-for-babies-beatrice-a-health-care-hero-and-neonatal-nurse-in-kenya
October 16, 2025

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Bend the Emissions Curve
Youth leading the future of health in Africa: Conversation with Manuel Ntumba
Learn how Africa's young leaders are energizing communities and driving health solutions.
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/youth-transforming-africa/youth-leading-the-future-of-health-in-africa-conversation-with-manuel-ntumba
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Five lessons on what works in digital health
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/latinamerica/5-lessons-on-what-works-in-digital-health
December 11, 2025
Partnering to restore hope to women and girls in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/nasikiliza/partnering-to-restore-hope-to-women-and-girls-in-eastern-drc
December 10, 2025
Reading the data on HIV and AIDS: progress and persistent challenges
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/reading-the-data-on-hiv-and-aids--progress-and-persistent-challe
December 1, 2025
Uganda’s human capital challenge: Turning development aspirations into reality
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/africacan/uganda-human-capital-challenge-turning-development-aspirations-into-reality
November 26, 2025
Sustainable financing for health: Forging a new path
https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/health/sustainable-financing-health-forging-new-path
June 16, 2023

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MEASURING HEALTH PROGRESS

Behind every number is a person. We use trusted global sources to track key health indicators for every country and show how global health is changing over time.
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Explore the Data
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