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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... populations are given little direct atten- tion . However , these processes will significantly shape health patterns , and ... Population ageing and changes in the distributions of risk factors have accelerated these epidemics in most ...
... populations are given little direct atten- tion . However , these processes will significantly shape health patterns , and ... Population ageing and changes in the distributions of risk factors have accelerated these epidemics in most ...
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... population . There is now abundant evidence to initiate effective actions at na- tional and global levels to promote and protect cardiovascular health through population- based measures that focus on the main risk factors shared by all ...
... population . There is now abundant evidence to initiate effective actions at na- tional and global levels to promote and protect cardiovascular health through population- based measures that focus on the main risk factors shared by all ...
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... populations . The toll will double in 20 years unless known and effective interventions are urgently and widely adopted . The recognition that globalization of the tobacco epidemic can undermine even the best national control pro ...
... populations . The toll will double in 20 years unless known and effective interventions are urgently and widely adopted . The recognition that globalization of the tobacco epidemic can undermine even the best national control pro ...
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... population ) and high - mortality countries in Africa ( with one- tenth of the global population ) illustrates the extreme diversity in health conditions among developing countries . Less than 10 % of deaths in China occur below 5 years ...
... population ) and high - mortality countries in Africa ( with one- tenth of the global population ) illustrates the extreme diversity in health conditions among developing countries . Less than 10 % of deaths in China occur below 5 years ...
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... populations uses a global scale based on an estimate of permanent income constructed from information on ownership of ... population defined as poor in Bolivia or Niger . 1 The " poor " are individuals from the lowest quintile of income ...
... populations uses a global scale based on an estimate of permanent income constructed from information on ownership of ... population defined as poor in Bolivia or Niger . 1 The " poor " are individuals from the lowest quintile of income ...
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