The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), set by governments in 2000 to guide global efforts to eradicate poverty, are in their final year of achievement in 2015, and the World Health Statistics, released by WHO on May 13, 2015, assesses progress toward the health-related goals in every one of the 194 countries for which data are available. The report concludes that by the end of this year, if current trends continue, the world will have achieved the global targets to curb the HIV, malaria and tuberculosis epidemics, among others. The world has now begun to reverse the spread of HIV, with 2.1 million new infections reported in 2013, down from 3.4 million in 2001. The revised goal of universal access to HIV treatment will be even more challenging as WHO recommendations have led to a significant increase in the number of people in need of treatment. On current trends, the global target of having 15 million people in low- and middle-income countries on antiretroviral treatment by 2015 will be exceeded. By the end of 2013, approximately 13 million people worldwide had access to antiretroviral treatment. Of these, 11.7 million lived in low- and middle-income countries, representing 37% of people living with HIV in these countries.