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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... respiratory syndrome - prevention and control 8.Cardiovascular diseases - prevention and control 9.Accidents , Traffic - trends 10.Smoking - prevention and control I.Title II.Title : Shaping the future . ISBN 92 4 1562439 ( NLM ...
... respiratory syndrome - prevention and control 8.Cardiovascular diseases - prevention and control 9.Accidents , Traffic - trends 10.Smoking - prevention and control I.Title II.Title : Shaping the future . ISBN 92 4 1562439 ( NLM ...
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... respiratory tract infec- tions , diarrhoeal diseases and malaria , with malnutrition contributing to them all . In sub- Saharan Africa , HIV / AIDS was responsible for an estimated 332 000 child deaths in 2002 . Across the world ...
... respiratory tract infec- tions , diarrhoeal diseases and malaria , with malnutrition contributing to them all . In sub- Saharan Africa , HIV / AIDS was responsible for an estimated 332 000 child deaths in 2002 . Across the world ...
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... respiratory droplets expelled during coughing or sneez- ing . The overall case - fatality ratio , with the fate of most cases now known , approaches 11 % but is much higher in the elderly . The international outbreak eventually caused ...
... respiratory droplets expelled during coughing or sneez- ing . The overall case - fatality ratio , with the fate of most cases now known , approaches 11 % but is much higher in the elderly . The international outbreak eventually caused ...
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... respiratory tract conditions ; and malaria . Becoming more familiar by the day , HIV / AIDS , now the world's leading cause of death in adults aged 15–59 years , is killing almost 5000 men and women in this age group , and almost 1000 ...
... respiratory tract conditions ; and malaria . Becoming more familiar by the day , HIV / AIDS , now the world's leading cause of death in adults aged 15–59 years , is killing almost 5000 men and women in this age group , and almost 1000 ...
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... respiratory infections 1 856 18.1 3 Diarrhoeal diseases 1 566 15.2 4 Malaria 1 098 10.7 5 Measles 551 5.4 6 Congenital anomalies 386 3.8 7 HIV / AIDS 370 3.6 8 Pertussis 301 2.9 9 Tetanus 185 1.8 10 Protein - energy malnutrition 138 1.3 ...
... respiratory infections 1 856 18.1 3 Diarrhoeal diseases 1 566 15.2 4 Malaria 1 098 10.7 5 Measles 551 5.4 6 Congenital anomalies 386 3.8 7 HIV / AIDS 370 3.6 8 Pertussis 301 2.9 9 Tetanus 185 1.8 10 Protein - energy malnutrition 138 1.3 ...
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