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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... Member States to speed up progress towards the MDGs and en- sure that gains are made by those most in need . International commitments at the Millennium Summit In September 2000 , representatives from 189 countries , including 147 heads ...
... Member States to speed up progress towards the MDGs and en- sure that gains are made by those most in need . International commitments at the Millennium Summit In September 2000 , representatives from 189 countries , including 147 heads ...
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... members reached consensus in August 2003 on implementation of the issue of access to medicines by countries with little or insufficient capacity for pharmaceutical pro- duction . The full impact of the agreement will depend on how ...
... members reached consensus in August 2003 on implementation of the issue of access to medicines by countries with little or insufficient capacity for pharmaceutical pro- duction . The full impact of the agreement will depend on how ...
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... members and contacts . But AIDS is not the same everywhere . Ac- cess to effective prevention and treatment , and consequently the fates suffered by individuals infected with HIV , vary widely . People living with HIV but benefiting ...
... members and contacts . But AIDS is not the same everywhere . Ac- cess to effective prevention and treatment , and consequently the fates suffered by individuals infected with HIV , vary widely . People living with HIV but benefiting ...
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... members of ethnic minorities . Integrating HIV prevention and care Prevention activities need to be designed with the local epidemiology of the disease in mind . In settings in which HIV is largely sexually transmitted , information and ...
... members of ethnic minorities . Integrating HIV prevention and care Prevention activities need to be designed with the local epidemiology of the disease in mind . In settings in which HIV is largely sexually transmitted , information and ...
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... Member States on other technical issues . In- creasing attention is being given to the laboratory containment of ... membership . Eighteen countries with no viral circulation have submitted reports and national documentation to the ...
... Member States on other technical issues . In- creasing attention is being given to the laboratory containment of ... membership . Eighteen countries with no viral circulation have submitted reports and national documentation to the ...
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