[Editorial] Health and poverty: lessons from China

The world has never been wealthier. Yet in 2025, an estimated 831 million people lived on less than US$3 per day. This stark disparity exposes a systemic failure to translate global prosperity into basic security and opportunity for all. As slowing economic growth and multiple crises, such as conflict and climate change, undermine the momentum of global poverty reduction, governments now face a pressing test: whether they will still find, reach, and protect those already furthest behind, or allo