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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... Estimated total deaths by cause in 2002 are given for each of the epidemiological subregions and the world in Annex Table 2. More detailed tables showing deaths by cause , age and sex in each of the regions are available on the WHO web ...
... Estimated total deaths by cause in 2002 are given for each of the epidemiological subregions and the world in Annex Table 2. More detailed tables showing deaths by cause , age and sex in each of the regions are available on the WHO web ...
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... Estimated total DALYS by cause in 2002 are given for each of the epide- miological subregions and the world in Annex Table 3 . The 10 leading causes of disease burden among men and women aged 15 years and over are shown in Table 1.2 ...
... Estimated total DALYS by cause in 2002 are given for each of the epide- miological subregions and the world in Annex Table 3 . The 10 leading causes of disease burden among men and women aged 15 years and over are shown in Table 1.2 ...
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... estimated levels in 1990. While the proportion of burden from noncommunicable diseases in developed countries remains sta- ble at over 80 % in adults aged 15 years and over , the proportion in middle - income countries has already ...
... estimated levels in 1990. While the proportion of burden from noncommunicable diseases in developed countries remains sta- ble at over 80 % in adults aged 15 years and over , the proportion in middle - income countries has already ...
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... estimated to have occurred in 2002 , 17 % were attributable to lung cancer alone and of these , three - quarters occurred among men ( 13 ) . There were an estimated 1.2 million lung cancer deaths in 2000 , an increase of nearly 30 % in ...
... estimated to have occurred in 2002 , 17 % were attributable to lung cancer alone and of these , three - quarters occurred among men ( 13 ) . There were an estimated 1.2 million lung cancer deaths in 2000 , an increase of nearly 30 % in ...
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... Estimated YLDs by cause , age group and sex for 2002 are available on the WHO web site for the six WHO regions and for the 14 epidemiological subregions ( www.who.int/evidence/bod ) . Surprisingly , more than 80 % of global YLDs are. 20 ...
... Estimated YLDs by cause , age group and sex for 2002 are available on the WHO web site for the six WHO regions and for the 14 epidemiological subregions ( www.who.int/evidence/bod ) . Surprisingly , more than 80 % of global YLDs are. 20 ...
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