India tops the list of the global number of people unable to afford a decent meal with a value of 792.80 million causing unaffordability to prevail in the country by 55.6%.
China emerged as the second country in this global list with 208.10 million people falling in this category and unaffordability prevalence of 14.6%.
Nigeria claimed 6.2% of the global total with 175.6M, making it the 3rd country with the highest number of healthy diet unaffordability.
High number of people that could not afford a healthy diet does not outrightly equal high percentage of healthy diet unaffordability.
The Western Pacific Region is projected to lead globally in nursing personnel by 2030, with an estimated 9.7 million nurses — more than Africa and Southeast Asia combined.
The Americas (8.9M) and Europe (8.2M) are expected to follow, maintaining high nurse-to-population ratios.
Africa (2.1M) and the Eastern Mediterranean (1.5M) are projected to remain lowest, despite growing health needs.
South-East Asia (5.5M) shows steady growth but still lags behind the top three regions.
The global nursing workforce is projected to reach 35.9 million by 2030, up 73% from 2013 — but growth remains uneven.
Only four African countries, Seychelles, South Africa, Namibia, and Ghana, meet or exceed the WHO’s recommended minimum of 44.5 nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people.
Seychelles leads the continent with 73 personnel per 10,000, followed by South Africa (64), Namibia (54), and Ghana (45).
The lowest number within the top 20 is 16, shared by Nigeria, Comoros, and Mauritania.
The dataset includes 47 African countries, and no country outside the top 20 has more than 16 nursing and midwifery personnel per 10,000 people.
Africa not only had high tuberculosis treatment success for people without HIV (5.9M lives saved), but also for 5.1M people with HIV.
With over 19 million people without HIV and 910,000 with HIV treated, South-East Asia leads in numbers.
TB treatment saved 10 million lives in the Western Pacific region.
Globally, 41 million out of 47.8 million lives saved were of people without HIV, showing that TB remains a major health threat even outside HIV-affected populations.
With just 1.2M lives saved each, both Europe and the Americas had relatively low numbers.
With 24,062 cases, Kano accounts for the highest number of suspected diphtheria cases, making up a significant portion of the total outbreak in Nigeria.
Yobe recorded 5,330 cases, while Katsina had 3,939 cases, reinforcing the concentration of diphtheria in northern states.
Bauchi and Borno report similar case counts, with 3,066 and 3,035 cases, respectively.
Kaduna (777 cases) and Jigawa (364 cases) report fewer cases but remain part of the seven states contributing to 96.6% of the outbreak.
Other states combined report 1,405 cases, showing that diphtheria is largely a regional issue.
Northern states dominate the case count, signaling potential regional healthcare and vaccination disparities.
