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. |
From inside the book
Page iii
... expectancy improves - but not for all Global mortality patterns 3 3 4 Surviving the first five years of life 7 Child mortality : global contrasts 8 Child mortality : gender and socioeconomic differences 8 Child survival : improvements ...
... expectancy improves - but not for all Global mortality patterns 3 3 4 Surviving the first five years of life 7 Child mortality : global contrasts 8 Child mortality : gender and socioeconomic differences 8 Child survival : improvements ...
Page v
... expectancy ( HALE ) in all Member States , estimates for 2002 Annex Table 5 Selected national health accounts indicators : measured levels of expenditure 166 on health , 1997-2001 170 Annex Table 6 Selected national health accounts ...
... expectancy ( HALE ) in all Member States , estimates for 2002 Annex Table 5 Selected national health accounts indicators : measured levels of expenditure 166 on health , 1997-2001 170 Annex Table 6 Selected national health accounts ...
Page ix
... expectancy of 36 years . The Japanese child will receive vaccinations , adequate nutrition and good schooling . If she becomes a mother she will benefit from high - quality maternity care . Growing older , she may eventually develop ...
... expectancy of 36 years . The Japanese child will receive vaccinations , adequate nutrition and good schooling . If she becomes a mother she will benefit from high - quality maternity care . Growing older , she may eventually develop ...
Page x
... expectancy and healthy life expectancy , and shows the global and regional gaps between the two , highlighting differences between the poor and the better - off every- where . Among leading communicable and noncommunicable causes of ...
... expectancy and healthy life expectancy , and shows the global and regional gaps between the two , highlighting differences between the poor and the better - off every- where . Among leading communicable and noncommunicable causes of ...
Page xii
... expectancy at birth has increased globally by almost 20 years , from 46.5 years in 1950–1955 to 65.2 years in 2002. The large life expectancy gap between developed and developing countries in the 1950s has changed to a gap between ...
... expectancy at birth has increased globally by almost 20 years , from 46.5 years in 1950–1955 to 65.2 years in 2002. The large life expectancy gap between developed and developing countries in the 1950s has changed to a gap between ...
Common terms and phrases
achieve AIDS Annex Table areas burden of disease cancer challenges child mortality developing countries disorders economic effective epidemic epidemiological estimates expenditure on health financing Geneva global burden global health health care systems health information health sector health services health systems health workers healthy life expectancy heart disease high adult High child HIV/AIDS impact implementation improve increase infections interventions Ischaemic heart disease levels low adult high low adult low Low child major malaria maternal MDGs Millennium Development Goals million Mortality stratum noncommunicable diseases outbreak polio eradication poor population poverty prevention primary health primary health care programmes progress public health rates reduce regions Republic respiratory risk factors road traffic injuries SARS September 2003 strategies sub-Saharan Africa surveys targets tion tobacco control treatment tuberculosis Uncertainty 2002 Uncertainty United Nations Western Pacific workforce World Bank World Health Organization