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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... and other lower respiratory tract conditions ; and malaria . Becoming more familiar by the day , HIV / AIDS , now the world's leading cause of death in adults aged 15-59 years , is killing almost 5000 men and women in this age group , and ...
... and other lower respiratory tract conditions ; and malaria . Becoming more familiar by the day , HIV / AIDS , now the world's leading cause of death in adults aged 15-59 years , is killing almost 5000 men and women in this age group , and ...
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... HIV / AIDS epidemic . Across the world , children are at higher risk of dying if they are poor . The most impressive declines in child mortality have occurred in developed countries , and in low - mortality devel- oping countries whose ...
... HIV / AIDS epidemic . Across the world , children are at higher risk of dying if they are poor . The most impressive declines in child mortality have occurred in developed countries , and in low - mortality devel- oping countries whose ...
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... HIV / AIDS has played a large part in these reversals . Analyses from the demographic and health surveys show that , while child mortality has in- creased in many of the African countries surveyed , the gap between poor and non - poor ...
... HIV / AIDS has played a large part in these reversals . Analyses from the demographic and health surveys show that , while child mortality has in- creased in many of the African countries surveyed , the gap between poor and non - poor ...
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... and the reasons for the trend remain poorly understood . Causes of death in children Infectious and parasitic diseases remain the major killers of children in the developing world , partly as a result of the HIV / AIDS epidemic ...
... and the reasons for the trend remain poorly understood . Causes of death in children Infectious and parasitic diseases remain the major killers of children in the developing world , partly as a result of the HIV / AIDS epidemic ...
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... HIV / AIDS 370 3.6 8 Pertussis 301 2.9 9 Tetanus 185 1.8 10 Protein - energy malnutrition 138 1.3 Other causes 1 437 ... HIV / AIDS and malaria deaths in children in developing countries occur in sub - Saharan Africa , where 23 % of the ...
... HIV / AIDS 370 3.6 8 Pertussis 301 2.9 9 Tetanus 185 1.8 10 Protein - energy malnutrition 138 1.3 Other causes 1 437 ... HIV / AIDS and malaria deaths in children in developing countries occur in sub - Saharan Africa , where 23 % of the ...
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