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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... implementing health agendas ; and intersectoral approaches to health . While these principles remain valid , they must be reinterpreted in the light of dramatic changes in the health field during the past 25 years . The chapter ...
... implementing health agendas ; and intersectoral approaches to health . While these principles remain valid , they must be reinterpreted in the light of dramatic changes in the health field during the past 25 years . The chapter ...
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... implemented in the past decade have not been effective in reaching poor people . Losses in child survival in the countries described above are at odds with impressive gains in some African countries . Despite the ravages of the HIV ...
... implemented in the past decade have not been effective in reaching poor people . Losses in child survival in the countries described above are at odds with impressive gains in some African countries . Despite the ravages of the HIV ...
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... implementation . The adult mortality challenges are more complex , as described in the next section . Adult health at risk : slowing gains and widening gaps Adult mortality rates have been declining in recent decades in most regions of ...
... implementation . The adult mortality challenges are more complex , as described in the next section . Adult health at risk : slowing gains and widening gaps Adult mortality rates have been declining in recent decades in most regions of ...
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... implement it . Even where a budget exists , it is very small : 36 % of countries devote less than 1 % of their total health resources to mental health care . Though community - based services are recognized to be the most effective , 65 ...
... implement it . Even where a budget exists , it is very small : 36 % of countries devote less than 1 % of their total health resources to mental health care . Though community - based services are recognized to be the most effective , 65 ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The World Health Report 2003: Shaping the Future Academic Search Complete Nonserial Publication Online access: EBSCO Academic Search Complete Public Health Series 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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