The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the FutureWorld Health Organization, 2003 - 193 pages The 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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... Western Pacific Region 76 Box 6.1 Measuring progress : integrated surveillance of noncommunicable disease risk factors 90 Box 6.2 Examples of successful tobacco control strategies 94 Box 6.3 Tobacco and the Western Pacific's ...
... Western Pacific Region 76 Box 6.1 Measuring progress : integrated surveillance of noncommunicable disease risk factors 90 Box 6.2 Examples of successful tobacco control strategies 94 Box 6.3 Tobacco and the Western Pacific's ...
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... Western World Asia Mediterranean Pacific. Child. mortality. : global. contrasts. Regional child mortality levels are indicated in Figure 1.4 . Of the 20 countries in the world with the highest child mortality ( probability of death under 5 ...
... Western World Asia Mediterranean Pacific. Child. mortality. : global. contrasts. Regional child mortality levels are indicated in Figure 1.4 . Of the 20 countries in the world with the highest child mortality ( probability of death under 5 ...
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... Western Pacific Regions , where the decline slowed down during the 1980s , nor in some eastern European countries , where mor- tality actually increased in the 1970s . Over the past decade , only countries of the South - East Asia ...
... Western Pacific Regions , where the decline slowed down during the 1980s , nor in some eastern European countries , where mor- tality actually increased in the 1970s . Over the past decade , only countries of the South - East Asia ...
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... Western World Asia Mediterranean Pacific The most impressive gains in child survival over the past 30 years occurred in developing countries where child mortality was already relatively low , whereas countries with the highest rates had ...
... Western World Asia Mediterranean Pacific The most impressive gains in child survival over the past 30 years occurred in developing countries where child mortality was already relatively low , whereas countries with the highest rates had ...
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... Western Pacific Region are caused by noncommunicable disease , reflecting the relatively advanced stage of the epidemiological transition achieved in these populations and the emergence of the double burden of disease . Estimated total ...
... Western Pacific Region are caused by noncommunicable disease , reflecting the relatively advanced stage of the epidemiological transition achieved in these populations and the emergence of the double burden of disease . Estimated total ...
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