The World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy LifeWorld Health Organization, 2002 - 248 pages The World Health Report 2002 measures the amount of disease, disability, and health in the world today that can be attributed to some of the most important risks to human health. Even more importantly, it also calculates how much of this present burden could be avoided in the next 10 years. The World Health Report 2002 represents one of the largest research projects ever undertaken by WHO, in collaboration with experts worldwide. Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, Director-General of WHO, describes this report as a wake up call to the global community. The report quantifies some of the most important risks to human health and examines a range of methods to reduce them. The ultimate goal is to help governments of all countries to lower major risks to health, and thereby raise the healthy life expectancy of their populations. The risk factors range from underweight, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene to high blood pressure, raised cholesterol, and obesity. The report's findings give an intriguing - and alarming - insight into not just the current causes of disease and death and the factors underlying them, but also into human patterns of living and how some may be changing around the world while others remain dangerously unchanged. Dr Brundtland says: This report helps every country in the world to see what measures it can take to reduce risks and promote healthy life for its own population. |
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... tobacco consumption ; alcohol consumption ; unsafe water , sanitation and hygiene ; iron deficiency ; indoor smoke from solid fuels ; high cholesterol ; and obesity . Together , these account for more than one - third of all deaths ...
... tobacco , alcohol , blood pressure , cholesterol and obesity . Furthermore , more than three - quarters of cardiovascular disease- the world's leading cause of death - results from tobacco use , high blood pressure or cholesterol , or ...
... tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption , which also cause a range of cancers as well as heart disease , stroke and other serious illnesses . The report traces the rapid evolution of the tobacco epidemic by showing that the esti ...
... tobacco consumption , particularly in Asia , is one clear example . The report says a substantial increase in government tobacco taxes would pro- duce significant health benefits at very low cost . Government action , in partnership ...
... tobacco epidemic . The chapter says that information about risks and their consequences , presented in scientific terms and based on a risk assessment , has to be communicated with particular emphasis and care . It concludes by ...