Tan Desai: Achievements and challenges coexist in the global health field in 2025.

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12/12/2025
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on the 11th that 2025 will be a year of significant achievements and major challenges for the World Health Organization and the global health sector. Tedros pointed out at the press conference on that day that the most outstanding achievement this year was the adoption of the "World Health Organization Pandemic Treaty" at the 78th World Health Assembly, which is a milestone achievement that will help make the world safer in the face of future pandemics. Tedros also stated that immunization remains the cornerstone of global health, "In the past 25 years, the death rate of children under five has decreased by more than half, from 11 million deaths per year to 4.8 million deaths, with vaccines being the main contributor".