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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... efforts to achieve the health - related MDGs . Some progress has been made , for example , in improving access to essential medi- cines in countries in each of the six WHO regions ( see Box 2.5 ) . However , this focus on the MDGs does ...
... efforts to achieve the health - related MDGs . Some progress has been made , for example , in improving access to essential medi- cines in countries in each of the six WHO regions ( see Box 2.5 ) . However , this focus on the MDGs does ...
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... efforts to achieve the MDGs through an extensive body of normative and technical work in the areas of maternal health , child health , HIV / AIDS , tuberculosis , malaria , water and sanitation , access to medicines , health systems ...
... efforts to achieve the MDGs through an extensive body of normative and technical work in the areas of maternal health , child health , HIV / AIDS , tuberculosis , malaria , water and sanitation , access to medicines , health systems ...
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... efforts to achieve the others . Second , the targets set out under the first seven goals are one side of a development partnership . Achievements by developing Millennium Health Goals : paths to the future 37 Working with others ...
... efforts to achieve the others . Second , the targets set out under the first seven goals are one side of a development partnership . Achievements by developing Millennium Health Goals : paths to the future 37 Working with others ...
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... effort by all stakeholders . Halfway between the base year of 1990 and the target date of 2015 , current rates of progress ... efforts to confront the AIDS pandemic , to reduce the risk of death in childbirth , to ensure the survival of ...
... effort by all stakeholders . Halfway between the base year of 1990 and the target date of 2015 , current rates of progress ... efforts to confront the AIDS pandemic , to reduce the risk of death in childbirth , to ensure the survival of ...
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... efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals for health ? An inquiry into the possibility of progress that fails to reach the poor . Washington , DC , World Bank , 2002 ( HNP Discussion Paper ) . 15. Report of the International ...
... efforts to reach the Millennium Development Goals for health ? An inquiry into the possibility of progress that fails to reach the poor . Washington , DC , World Bank , 2002 ( HNP Discussion Paper ) . 15. Report of the International ...
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