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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... exposure Climate change Other environmental risks to health Selected occupational risks Work - related risk factors for injuries Work - related carcinogens Work - related airborne particulates Work - related ergonomic stressors Work ...
... exposure leading to disease 14 Figure 2.3 The importance of population distributions of exposure 17 Figure 2.4 Attributable and avoidable burdens 19 Figure 2.5 Figure 2.6 Key inputs for assessment of attributable and avoidable burdens ...
... exposed to indoor air pollution , mainly the result of burn- ing solid fuels for cooking and heating . Globally , it is estimated to cause 36 % of all lower respiratory infections and 22 % of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease . Most ...
... exposed to such products and patterns , imported or adopted from other countries , which pose serious long - term risks to their health . For example , smokers of all ages have death rates two or three times higher than non - smokers ...
... 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 reducing some major risks to health . But it also explains ...