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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The founders of the international system more than half a century ago grasped
the close connection between health - understood as " a state of complete
physical , mental and social well - being ” – and the core values of justice and
security .
The founders of the international system more than half a century ago grasped
the close connection between health - understood as " a state of complete
physical , mental and social well - being ” – and the core values of justice and
security .
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A disease that has so adversely affected life expectancy will also take a great toll
on the social fabric of heavily burdened societies , above and beyond its terrible
cost in immediate human suffering . To take two examples , AIDS has orphaned ...
A disease that has so adversely affected life expectancy will also take a great toll
on the social fabric of heavily burdened societies , above and beyond its terrible
cost in immediate human suffering . To take two examples , AIDS has orphaned ...
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As elsewhere , rates of HIV transmission vary by social standing . In the southern
United States , for example , HIV continues disproportionately to affect ethnic
minorities in urban conglomerations . Increasingly , poor black people living in
rural ...
As elsewhere , rates of HIV transmission vary by social standing . In the southern
United States , for example , HIV continues disproportionately to affect ethnic
minorities in urban conglomerations . Increasingly , poor black people living in
rural ...
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Apart from the direct costs of intensive medical care and control interventions ,
SARS caused widespread social disruption and economic losses . Schools ,
hospitals , and some borders were closed and thousands of people were placed
in ...
Apart from the direct costs of intensive medical care and control interventions ,
SARS caused widespread social disruption and economic losses . Schools ,
hospitals , and some borders were closed and thousands of people were placed
in ...
Page 126
Matching expenditure allocations to needs expressed by the community has
produced measurable improvements in access to social services ( 72 ) . Box 7.9
Building partnerships for health in Sudan The Sudanese Basic Development
Needs ...
Matching expenditure allocations to needs expressed by the community has
produced measurable improvements in access to social services ( 72 ) . Box 7.9
Building partnerships for health in Sudan The Sudanese Basic Development
Needs ...
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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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