The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy LifeWorld Health Organization, 2002 - 248 pages The World Health Report 2002 measures the amount of disease, disability, and health in the world today that can be attributed to some of the most important risks to human health. Even more importantly, it also calculates how much of this present burden could be avoided in the next 10 years. The World Health Report 2002 represents one of the largest research projects ever undertaken by WHO, in collaboration with experts worldwide. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO, describes this report as a wake up call to the global community. The report quantifies some of the most important risks to human health and examines a range of methods to reduce them. The ultimate goal is to help governments of all countries to lower major risks to health, and thereby raise the healthy life expectancy of their populations. The risk factors range from underweight, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene to high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, and obesity. The report's findings give an intriguing - and alarming - insight into not just the current causes of disease and death and the factors underlying them, but also into human patterns of living and how some may be changing around the world while others remain dangerously unchanged. Dr Brundtland says: This report helps every country in the world to see what measures it can take to reduce risks and promote healthy life for its own population. |
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... of risk Perceptions of health risks in developing countries Importance of risk communications 27 2 2 8 7 8 68858 29 30 31 32 34 35 36 36 37 38 Influence of special interest groups on risk perceptions Importance of iii.
... 153 Risk communications and the role of governments 154 Strengthening the scientific evidence base Urgent need for international action 155 156 CHAPTER 7 PREVENTING RISKS AND TAKING ACTION Focusing on prevention Contents V.
... governments on developing better risk communications 154 Box 6.3 Examples of successful international concerted action 157 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR - GENERAL hese are dangerous times viii The World Health Report 2002.
... communicating risks clearly and openly to the public , and of creating an atmosphere of trust and shared responsibility between the government , the public at large and the media . This is essential . We know that most people will ...
... communicating and reducing risks to health - people's exposure to them and the role of government in protecting the population from them . It shows how govern- ments , particularly in the 20th century , have been instrumental in ...