The world is facing disease outbreaks like Ebola, measles, drug-resistant pathogens, health impacts of environmental pollution and climate change and multiple humanitarian crises. The World Health Organization has started a new strategic 5-year plan to address these health challenges and has listed 10 major threats to global health in 2019
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