The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the FutureThe World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Futurepredicts that major global health improvements will be achieved in the next few years. Dr Jong-Wook Lee, Director-General of WHO, describes WHO's ambition, to help all people, but especially the poorest among them, to shape a better future. The report advocates a new drive for equitable health improvement as a vital part of global efforts for justice and security. Drawing on lessons of the past, in particular the Health for All movement that was launched 25 years ago, this year's report focuses on the major health gains that are possible in the coming years and shows how WHO and the global health community can achieve these objectives. Against a backdrop of the ambitious targets of the Millennium Development Goals, The World Health Report 2003presents a comprehensive vision encompassing an analysis of today's major health challenges and an action programme for global health improvement. The section on infections singles out for special attention HIV/AIDS, poliomyelitis - whose elimination is within reach - and new infections including SARS. Another important section deals with the health of women and children. The focus of the non-communicable diseases section is on road traffic injuries and the continuing work on tobacco control. In order to achieve the health improvements that are within their grasp, countries need well-functioning health systems. The report shows how systems can be strengthened, combining both primary care facilities and higher-level services linked by an efficient and integrated referral network. In this, as in all its work, WHO renews its commitment to working with countries in responding to national and local health challenges. |
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Overall , 35 % of Africa's children are at higher risk of death than they were 10
years ago . Every hour , more than ... In some African countries , it has been cut
by 20 years and life expectancy for men is less than 46 years . Mostly , death
comes ...
Overall , 35 % of Africa's children are at higher risk of death than they were 10
years ago . Every hour , more than ... In some African countries , it has been cut
by 20 years and life expectancy for men is less than 46 years . Mostly , death
comes ...
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Such a shift in the cause - of - death pattern has not occurred in sub - Saharan
Africa , Rank Cause Numbers ( 000 ) % of all deaths where perinatal conditions
rank in fourth 1 Perinatal conditions 2 375 23.1 place . Here , undernutrition ...
Such a shift in the cause - of - death pattern has not occurred in sub - Saharan
Africa , Rank Cause Numbers ( 000 ) % of all deaths where perinatal conditions
rank in fourth 1 Perinatal conditions 2 375 23.1 place . Here , undernutrition ...
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Among the signs of deteriorating adult health , the most disturbing is the fact that
adult mortality in Africa has reversed , shifting in 1990 from a state of steady
decline into a situation characterized by rapidly increasing mortality . The
reversal in ...
Among the signs of deteriorating adult health , the most disturbing is the fact that
adult mortality in Africa has reversed , shifting in 1990 from a state of steady
decline into a situation characterized by rapidly increasing mortality . The
reversal in ...
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Some countries of the South - East Asia Region are behind schedule and sub -
Saharan Africa , as noted above , is not likely to reach the target until the second
half of the next century . If overall trends continue , under - five mortality
worldwide ...
Some countries of the South - East Asia Region are behind schedule and sub -
Saharan Africa , as noted above , is not likely to reach the target until the second
half of the next century . If overall trends continue , under - five mortality
worldwide ...
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HIV infection has fanned epidemics of TB in some African countries , increasing
the risks to the whole population , regardless ... Across sub - Saharan Africa ,
rates of TB have more than trebled , and many conclude that the disease cannot
be ...
HIV infection has fanned epidemics of TB in some African countries , increasing
the risks to the whole population , regardless ... Across sub - Saharan Africa ,
rates of TB have more than trebled , and many conclude that the disease cannot
be ...
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| Title | The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future Academic Search Complete Nonserial Publication Public Health Series The world health report, ISSN 1020-3311 |
| Author | World Health Organization |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | World Health Organization, 2003 |
| ISBN | 9241562439, 9789241562430 |
| Length | 193 pages |
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