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SDG Target 3.3 Communicable diseases

SDG Target 3.3 End the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and neglected tropical diseases and combat hepatitis, water-borne diseases and other communicable diseases

Summary findings

HIV incidence
1.5 million
people were newly infected with HIV worldwide in 2021
Malaria cases
247 million
cases of malaria were estimated in 84 malaria endemic countries in 2022
TB incidence
10.6 million
fell ill with TB in 2021, an increase from 2021
NTD treatment and care
1.65 billion
people were reported to require mass or individual care for neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in 2021

Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population

The Sixty-Ninth World Health Assembly endorsed a new “Global health sector strategy on HIV for 2016–2021”. The strategy includes five strategic directions that guide priority actions by countries and by WHO over six years.

The strategic directions are:

  • Information for focused action (know your epidemic and response)
  • Interventions for impact (covering the range of services needed)
  • Delivering for equity (covering the populations in need of services)
  • Financing for sustainability (covering the costs of services)
  • Innovation for acceleration (looking towards the future).

GHO SDGHIV New HIV infections (per 1000 uninfected population) REGIONAL DOT PLOT TEMPLATE - SMALL NUMBERS

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Tuberculosis incidence per 100 000 population

The End TB Strategy defines milestones (for 2020 and 2025) and targets (for 2030 and 2035) for reductions in TB cases and deaths. The targets for 2030 are a 90% reduction in the number of TB deaths and an 80% reduction in the TB incidence rate (new cases per 100 000 population per year) compared with levels in 2015. The milestones for 2020 are a 35% reduction in the number of TB deaths and a 20% reduction in the TB incidence rate. The strategy also includes a 2020 milestone that no TB patients and their households face catastrophic costs as a result of TB disease.”

GHO MDG_0000000020 Tuberculosis incidence Scatter

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Malaria incidence per 1000 population

The WHO Global technical strategy for malaria 2016-2030 – adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2015 – provides a technical framework for all malaria-endemic countries. It is intended to guide and support regional and country programmes as they work towards malaria control and elimination.

The Strategy sets ambitious but achievable global targets, including:

  • reducing malaria case incidence by at least 90% by 2030;
  • reducing malaria mortality rates by at least 90% by 2030;
  • eliminating malaria in at least 35 countries by 2030;
  • preventing a resurgence of malaria in all countries that are malaria-free.

GHO MALARIA_EST_INCIDENCE CASES MAP TEMPLATE

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Number of people requiring interventions against neglected tropical diseases

In addition to setting disease-specific targets and intermediate milestones for 2030, the new WHO global road map for neglected tropical diseases (2021–2030)  emphasizes four overarching and 10 cross-cutting targets that are aligned with the SDGs and with the WHO General Programmes of Work 13.  It also outlines the actions required to reach those targets.

 

GHO SDGNTDTREATMENT Number of people requiring interventions against NTDs SCATTER

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