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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... rates by WHO region , 1970-2002 Countries with large absolute reductions in child mortality since 1970 Disease ... rate of death from HIV infection , USA , 1987–2000 HIV / AIDS : episodes in an evolving epidemic Figure 1.10 Trends of ...
... rates by WHO region , 1970-2002 Countries with large absolute reductions in child mortality since 1970 Disease ... rate of death from HIV infection , USA , 1987–2000 HIV / AIDS : episodes in an evolving epidemic Figure 1.10 Trends of ...
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... rate of one per year for the last 20 years or more . The latest , which caused global alarm in 2003 , is SARS , and the lessons learnt from the outbreaks are contained in Chapter Five . Confronting the double burden is the theme of ...
... rate of one per year for the last 20 years or more . The latest , which caused global alarm in 2003 , is SARS , and the lessons learnt from the outbreaks are contained in Chapter Five . Confronting the double burden is the theme of ...
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... rates today exceed those of 30 years ago . The greatest impact has been in Botswana , Lesotho , Swaziland and Zimbabwe , where HIV / AIDS has reduced life expect- ancies of men and women by more than 20 years . The fragile state of ...
... rates today exceed those of 30 years ago . The greatest impact has been in Botswana , Lesotho , Swaziland and Zimbabwe , where HIV / AIDS has reduced life expect- ancies of men and women by more than 20 years . The fragile state of ...
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... rates of CVD are now in decline in the industrialized countries first associated with them , although not all population groups have benefited . But from that irony stems hope : the decline is largely a result of the successes of ...
... rates of CVD are now in decline in the industrialized countries first associated with them , although not all population groups have benefited . But from that irony stems hope : the decline is largely a result of the successes of ...
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... rates that exceed those of 30 years ago . Life expectancy , always shorter here than almost anywhere else , is shrinking . In some African countries , it has been cut by 20 years and life expectancy for men is less than 46 years ...
... rates that exceed those of 30 years ago . Life expectancy , always shorter here than almost anywhere else , is shrinking . In some African countries , it has been cut by 20 years and life expectancy for men is less than 46 years ...
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