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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... 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.
... , whether they are related to consumption or not , every country needs to be able to adapt risk reduction policies to its own needs . The best health policies are those based on scientific evidence X The World Health Report 2002.
... scientific evidence . The World Health Or- ganization's mandate is to get the evidence right and ensure that it is properly used to make the world a healthier place . This report contains that evidence . It shows the way forward . It ...
... scientific and empirical bases for their policies . They will have to improve public dialogue and com- munications , and develop greater levels of trust for risk prevention among all interested parties . They will also have to develop ...
... scientific research , improved sur- veillance systems and better access to global information . Countries should give top priority to developing effective , committed policies for the prevention of globally increasing high risks to ...