Good Health and Well-Being
Introduction
The world’s decades-long response to HIV is at an inflection point. The 2024 Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) global report, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, demonstrated that the world now has the means to end AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 (1).
Conclusion
At this turning point in the global HIV response, the world will either take the path to end AIDS as a public health threat or allow the pandemic to continue and risk a dangerous HIV resurgence.
HIV and human rights: A status report
The elevation of human rights and gender equality in the global HIV response has had a profound impact on the broader field of global health, demonstrating how inclusive, multisectoral action grounded in human rights principles can catalyse gains against the most complex and intractable health challenges (85–87).
Putting human rights at the centre of efforts to end AIDS as a public health threat: A roadmap for action
The anti-rights backlash threatens to undo much of the progress made to date in the global HIV response and to slow advances in countries that are already off-track for reaching global HIV targets.
The world cannot end AIDS without a human rights-based approach
A growing number of countries are making historic progress towards ending AIDS as a public health threat.
World summary
Table 1 presents for the world and major areas and regions estimates of the order of magnitude of population size, crude birth and death rates, land area as well as population density.
Freedom from gender-based violence
Rooted in gender inequality, violence against women and girls represents one of the fundamental social, economic and political means that perpetuate the subordinate position of women and girls in relation to men and boys. Occurring in private or public spaces and spheres of human interaction, violence affects women and girls to different degrees and in different ways throughout their life cycle.
About this report
In 2018, the Conference of the Parties (COP) serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement at the 24th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) called on WMO, through its Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS), to regularly report on the state of climate services.1
Case studies
Since the inaugural report in 2019, the State of Climate Services annual reports have presented case studies showcasing successful approaches to leveraging climate services for socioeconomic benefits at national, regional or global scales. Over the past 5 years, 113 case studies have been conducted across five sectors, including health, energy, risk information and early warning systems, water, agriculture and food security.
Fertility
Table 9 presents live births and crude birth rates by urban/rural residence for as many years as possible between 2019 and 2023.
Meaningful participation and gender-responsive governance
Gender-responsive governance and the meaningful participation of women and girls from diverse backgrounds in public life are critical to change gender social norms and achieve gender equality.
Progress of climate services globally from 2019 to 2024
There has been substantial progress towards improving climate services capacity levels during the last five years.
General mortality
Table 18 presents deaths and crude death rates by urban/rural residence for as many years as possible between 2019 and 2023.
Note
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