Immunization programs protecting children from measles, polio, and rubella face serious danger due to funding gaps. WHO has already lost 14 key immunization experts, vaccine rollout support in 25 countries, and funding for 700 critical disease surveillance labs worldwide are at irreversible risk.

67 million children should not have to miss basic vaccines for measles or polio.

WHO-supported maternal health services—including critical birth assistance and emergency care—are now under threat. Just last year, WHO helped deliver 1.3 million babies safely in conflict zones and fragile areas. But hundreds of clinics providing this essential care have already closed.

Without care, birth complications become fatal. Newborns die in the first hours of life.

Life-saving HIV and TB treatments face an imminent end, putting decades of progress at risk. By June 2025, eight countries could run out of essential HIV medications. WHO’s TB team has lost most of its funding, and vital new HIV prevention tools and TB vaccines face critical delays.

Interruptions in treatment fuel drug resistance and cost lives that could have been saved.

Without consistent funding, global health systems’ ability to quickly detect and stop deadly outbreaks are threatened. WHO can no longer rapidly deploy teams and supplies to contain diseases like Ebola, avian flu, or cholera. Nearly half of WHO’s disease surveillance staff have already been cut.

Delayed responses let diseases spread unchecked — turning preventable outbreaks into deadly epidemics.