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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... area of neonatal survival . In 16 countries ( 14 of which are in Africa ) current levels of under - 5 mortality are higher ... areas ( 6 ) . These analyses suggest that health interventions implemented in the past decade have not been ...
... area of neonatal survival . In 16 countries ( 14 of which are in Africa ) current levels of under - 5 mortality are higher ... areas ( 6 ) . These analyses suggest that health interventions implemented in the past decade have not been ...
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... areas ( for example , polio ) , communicable diseases still represent seven out of the top 10 causes of child deaths , and account for about 60 % of all child deaths . Overall , the 10 leading causes represent 86 % of all child deaths ...
... areas ( for example , polio ) , communicable diseases still represent seven out of the top 10 causes of child deaths , and account for about 60 % of all child deaths . Overall , the 10 leading causes represent 86 % of all child deaths ...
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... areas of diarrhoeal diseases and measles . While inci- dence is thought to have remained stable , mortality from diarrhoeal diseases has fallen from 2.5 million deaths in 1990 to about 1.6 million deaths in 2002 , now accounting for 15 ...
... areas of diarrhoeal diseases and measles . While inci- dence is thought to have remained stable , mortality from diarrhoeal diseases has fallen from 2.5 million deaths in 1990 to about 1.6 million deaths in 2002 , now accounting for 15 ...
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... areas , have resulted in widening gaps in adult mortality worldwide . The gap between the lowest and highest regional adult mortality risk between ages 15 and 60 has now increased to a level of 340 per 1000 in 2002. Regional aggregation ...
... areas , have resulted in widening gaps in adult mortality worldwide . The gap between the lowest and highest regional adult mortality risk between ages 15 and 60 has now increased to a level of 340 per 1000 in 2002. Regional aggregation ...
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... areas of health and income security are already at the centre of discussions by policy- makers and planners in the developed world , the speed and impact of population ageing in the less developed regions are yet to be fully ap ...
... areas of health and income security are already at the centre of discussions by policy- makers and planners in the developed world , the speed and impact of population ageing in the less developed regions are yet to be fully ap ...
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