For a 2025 full of challenges in Health

The end of one year and the start of another always invites us to reflect on challenges and trends in health. But without forgetting all those essential things on which we health professionals work and which will mark the line to be developed in the next twelve months for many. To this end, and although there are many fields open in the field of research, we cannot lose sight of those that have been declared health emergencies by the World Health Organisation, on which we are sure the efforts of researchers around the world will be focused. This is the top 5 emergencies according to the World Health Organisation:

  1. AntimicrobialResistance (AMR): AMR threatens to become one of the leading causes of global mortality in the next 25 years, with projections of more than 39 million direct deaths and 169 million indirect deaths. As we told you in this post, there are already advances in this regard: is about a new antibiotic compound that overcomes various forms of antimicrobial resistance. The synthetic antibiotic, called cresomycin, was effective against multi-resistant strains of bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

WHO stresses the urgent need to develop new antibiotics and improve medical practices to combat this threat. and improve medical practices to combat this threat, as El País reports.

  1. Tuberculosis (TB): even though it was thought to have been eradicated, the reality is that tuberculosis has once again become the deadliest infectious disease, surpassing CVD- 19– with an estimated 1.25 million deaths in 2023. WHO stresses the importance of restoring and strengthening diagnostic and treatment systems to reduce the incidence and and treatment systems to reduce the incidence and mortality of this disease.
  2. Neglected TropicalDiseases (NTDs): more than 1.billion people suffer from some NTD, mainly affecting poor populations. WHO calls for increased funding for prevention and treatment, with the goal of 100 countries eliminating at least one of these diseases by 2030, and , at the same time, reducing the risk of the disease spreading to other population groups other population centres other than the one where it originated.
  3. Cervical Cancer: despite being preventable and treatable, and numerous awareness campaigns focused on prevention, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women worldwide and causes more than 350. most common cancer in women worldwide and causes more than 350,000 deaths annually.350,000 deaths annually. WHO has set targets for 2030, including vaccination of 90% of girls and early detection of 70% of cases, emphasising the need for political leadership and global access to vaccines and treatment.
  4. InsufficientAccess to Essential Health Products: about one third of the world’s population still lacks access to essential population still lacks access to essential medicines, vaccines and diagnostics, endangering lives and fuelling drug resistance. The WHO stresses the need to invest in health systems and prioritise public health and prioritise public health to address this urgency.

We expect these priorities to become met needs by 2025.