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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... Figure 1.3 illustrates , child survival continues to be a major focus of the international health agenda for developing countries ( 2 ) . Because nearly 90 % of global deaths under age 15 occur before the age of 5 , the following ...
... Figure 1.3 illustrates , child survival continues to be a major focus of the international health agenda for developing countries ( 2 ) . Because nearly 90 % of global deaths under age 15 occur before the age of 5 , the following ...
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... figure was more than 17 million . These reductions did not take place uniformly across time and regions , but the success stories in developing countries demonstrate clearly that low mortality levels are attainable in those settings ...
... figure was more than 17 million . These reductions did not take place uniformly across time and regions , but the success stories in developing countries demonstrate clearly that low mortality levels are attainable in those settings ...
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... Figure 1.4 . Of the 20 countries in the world with the highest child mortality ( probability of death under 5 years of age ) , 19 are in Africa , the exception being Afghanistan . A baby born in Sierra Leone is three and a half times ...
... Figure 1.4 . Of the 20 countries in the world with the highest child mortality ( probability of death under 5 years of age ) , 19 are in Africa , the exception being Afghanistan . A baby born in Sierra Leone is three and a half times ...
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... Figure 1.6 ) . Global child mortality decreased from 147 per 1000 live births in 1970 to about 80 per 1000 live births in 2002. The reduction in child mortality has been particularly compelling in certain countries of the Eastern ...
... Figure 1.6 ) . Global child mortality decreased from 147 per 1000 live births in 1970 to about 80 per 1000 live births in 2002. The reduction in child mortality has been particularly compelling in certain countries of the Eastern ...
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Shaping the Future World Health Organization. Figure 1.6 Changes in child mortality rates by WHO region , 1970-2002 0 -10 ... Figure 1.7 . Oman has had the most 350 Figure 1.7 Countries with large absolute reductions in child. 10 The World ...
Shaping the Future World Health Organization. Figure 1.6 Changes in child mortality rates by WHO region , 1970-2002 0 -10 ... Figure 1.7 . Oman has had the most 350 Figure 1.7 Countries with large absolute reductions in child. 10 The World ...
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