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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... disease among older adults The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases Injuries - a hidden epidemic among young men Non - fatal health outcomes Millennium Health Goals : paths to the future International commitments at the Millennium ...
... disease among older adults The growing burden of noncommunicable diseases Injuries - a hidden epidemic among young men Non - fatal health outcomes Millennium Health Goals : paths to the future International commitments at the Millennium ...
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... disease burden ( DALYs ) for males and females aged 15 years and over , worldwide , 2002 14 Table 2.1 Table 3.1 Table 1.3 Leading causes of mortality and disease burden ( DALYs ) among adults , worldwide , 2002 Health - related ...
... disease burden ( DALYs ) for males and females aged 15 years and over , worldwide , 2002 14 Table 2.1 Table 3.1 Table 1.3 Leading causes of mortality and disease burden ( DALYs ) among adults , worldwide , 2002 Health - related ...
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... Disease burden ( DALYs ) among adults ( aged 15 years and over ) by broad cause , selected epidemiological subregions , 2002 10 11 14 Figure 1.9 Adult mortality : probabilities of death between 15 and 60 years of age by cause , selected ...
... Disease burden ( DALYs ) among adults ( aged 15 years and over ) by broad cause , selected epidemiological subregions , 2002 10 11 14 Figure 1.9 Adult mortality : probabilities of death between 15 and 60 years of age by cause , selected ...
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... diseases are one part of the double burden of ill - health . They include both old and new infectious threats . One of the great public health goals of the 20th century was the eradication of polio : Chapter Four looks at the final ...
... diseases are one part of the double burden of ill - health . They include both old and new infectious threats . One of the great public health goals of the 20th century was the eradication of polio : Chapter Four looks at the final ...
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... burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases . Almost half of the disease burden in high - mortality regions of the world is now attributable to noncommunicable diseases . Population ageing and changes in the distributions of ...
... burden of communicable and noncommunicable diseases . Almost half of the disease burden in high - mortality regions of the world is now attributable to noncommunicable diseases . Population ageing and changes in the distributions of ...
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