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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... interventions are available . The issue now is urgent implementation . The adult mortality challenges are more complex , as described in the next section . Adult health at risk : slowing gains and widening gaps Adult mortality rates ...
... interventions are available . The issue now is urgent implementation . The adult mortality challenges are more complex , as described in the next section . Adult health at risk : slowing gains and widening gaps Adult mortality rates ...
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... interventions are available . Recent re- search clearly demonstrates that disorders such as depression , schizo- phrenia , alcohol problems and epilepsy can be treated within primary health care . Such treatment is well within the reach ...
... interventions are available . Recent re- search clearly demonstrates that disorders such as depression , schizo- phrenia , alcohol problems and epilepsy can be treated within primary health care . Such treatment is well within the reach ...
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... interventions that tackle the major causes of child deaths , such as malnutrition , infections and parasitic diseases . But the effectiveness of these interventions will be mediated through a network of public and private delivery ...
... interventions that tackle the major causes of child deaths , such as malnutrition , infections and parasitic diseases . But the effectiveness of these interventions will be mediated through a network of public and private delivery ...
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... interventions to reduce mortality from diarrhoea , pneumonia , vaccine - preventable diseases , malaria and perinatal causes . The maternal mortality picture shows a similar divide between , on one side , southern Asia and sub - Saharan ...
... interventions to reduce mortality from diarrhoea , pneumonia , vaccine - preventable diseases , malaria and perinatal causes . The maternal mortality picture shows a similar divide between , on one side , southern Asia and sub - Saharan ...
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... interventions to the children who need them most . Scaling up effective child health interventions will require increased attention to newborn health and the application of an integrated , com- prehensive approach to child health at ...
... interventions to the children who need them most . Scaling up effective child health interventions will require increased attention to newborn health and the application of an integrated , com- prehensive approach to child health at ...
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